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Friday, 18 February 2005

RUSSIA-GEORGIA TIES PLAGUED BY OUTSTANDING ISSUES - GEORGIAN MP

Published in News Digest

By empty (2/18/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The cold welcome Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov got in Tbilisi has nothing to do with the Russian minister\'s refusal to lay wreaths at Tbilisi\'s monument commemorating the fighters for Georgia\'s unity, Konstantin Gabashvili, chairman of the Georgian parliamentary committee for international relations, told Interfax on Friday. There are several outstanding problems in the two countries\' relations, and a solution to them is crucial to bringing their ties back to normal, Gabashvili said. \"The conflict zones, where the annexation of Georgian territories is effectively taking place, and Russia\'s military bases are among the problematic issues Russia has been using to put political pressure on Georgia,\" he said.
The cold welcome Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov got in Tbilisi has nothing to do with the Russian minister\'s refusal to lay wreaths at Tbilisi\'s monument commemorating the fighters for Georgia\'s unity, Konstantin Gabashvili, chairman of the Georgian parliamentary committee for international relations, told Interfax on Friday. There are several outstanding problems in the two countries\' relations, and a solution to them is crucial to bringing their ties back to normal, Gabashvili said. \"The conflict zones, where the annexation of Georgian territories is effectively taking place, and Russia\'s military bases are among the problematic issues Russia has been using to put political pressure on Georgia,\" he said. Putting pressure on Georgia is the wrong policy, and \"it will not change anything for Russia now,\" Gabashvili said. (Interfax)
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