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    TEHRAN OFFERS MEDIATION IN RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN STANDOFF

    Armenpress
    Oct 23 2006

    TEHRAN, OCTOBER 23, ARMENPRESS: Iran's foreign minister Manouchehr
    Mottaki said October 22 his government was ready to help Russia and
    Georgia to defuse tensions, IRNA news agency reported.

    "If the two sides consider Iran's mediation necessary, Tehran will
    agree to step in and solve the issue to strengthen regional ties,"
    Manouchehr Mottaki said after talks with visiting Georgian counterpart
    Gela Bezhuashvili in Tehran.

    In a related development a survey conducted by a Georgian newspaper,
    Kviris Palitra, found that the majority of Georgians pin their hopes
    on the US expecting it to press Russia to end its sanctions against
    Tbilisi. The question asked by the newspaper ran, "Which country to
    do you expect to show active efforts to help diffuse the standoff
    with Russia."

    The majority of respondents, some 72 percent, said they pinned
    their hopes on the USA and 17 percent believed Ukraine could play a
    role. Ukraine was followed by the Baltic states, Germany, Azerbaijan,
    Turkey, Great Britain and China.

    The last in the list of nations able to help Georgia and Russia end
    their confrontation was Armenia.
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