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2008-08-11 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Sarkozy to Moscow, France Foreign Minister in Georgia

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Posted by Sherry 2008-08-11 12:54|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 If he can pull off the status quo ante, then he is a master diplomat.

I''d add a thrid condition though: International peacekeepers, not Russian ones.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-08-11 13:44|| 2008-08-11 13:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Remember - Sarkozy's also Hungarian as well as French.

Sort of like Obama is "of the world" as well as American.

Posted by Whomong Trotsky9555 2008-08-11 14:10|| 2008-08-11 14:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Hungarian...

Hungary 1956. Yep. he has some history of what tSoviet Russia has done in the past. Different labvle now, but same ketchup.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-08-11 14:30|| 2008-08-11 14:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Interview on BBC this am where the reporter says he was with Bernard Kouchner and Georgian Prez in Gori when Russian planes tried to attack them. No explanation as to how they avoided attack.

Posted by 3dc 2008-08-11 14:35|| 2008-08-11 14:35|| Front Page Top

#5 both america and france have traditions of accepting immigrants (not changed by the greater difficulty France has had lately in assimilating its immigrants)

Posted by superstitiousGalitizianer 2008-08-11 14:37|| 2008-08-11 14:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes, and in 1962, the Red Army fired on Ukrainian workers during the Novocherkassk protests. Aleksandr Solzhenitsn claimed that wounded laborers were exiled to Siberia.

Posted by mrp 2008-08-11 14:38|| 2008-08-11 14:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Interesting that President Sarkozy will meet with President Medvedev, and not Prime Minister Putin, the one who masterminded the current situation. The French fancy themselves subtle diplomats -- what subtlety am I missing here?

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-08-11 16:03|| 2008-08-11 16:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Interesting that President Sarkozy will meet with President Medvedev, and not Prime Minister Putin, the one who masterminded the current situation. The French fancy themselves subtle diplomats -- what subtlety am I missing here?

Sarkozy and Medvedev, as presidents, are heads of state. Diplomatic protocol is pretty clear that heads of state meet each other. Vlad is now "only" a head of government. If Sarkozy and Putin do not meet later, that would probably meet both mens' objectives: To the French, it would be presented as a "snub" to Putin, for Putin, he would appear "tough" to his ultra-nationalistic supporters.

Posted by mrp 2008-08-11 16:15|| 2008-08-11 16:15|| Front Page Top

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