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RF STATE DUMA CALLS ON PRESIDENT AND GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA RECOGNITION
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.03.2008 13:27 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On March 21, Russian State Duma adopted a statement
calling on the President and government to address recognition of
Abkhazia and South Ossetia's independence.
The Duma members offer "to speed up the process of the republics'
sovereignty up to recognition of their independence in compliance
with the expression of popular will."
"Russia should take action to protect its citizens in Abkhazia and
South Ossetia in case of Georgia's violence or accession to NATO,"
the document says.
The State Duma also proposes to strengthen peacekeeping potential in
the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zones.
South Ossetia's representative to Russia, Dmitry Medoyev said this
decision inspires hope and testifies the start of recognition process.
For his part, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian
Affairs Daniel Fried said recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia's
independence "would be a blunder"
"The U.S. supports territorial integrity of Georgia and stands for
a peaceful resolution of the conflicts," he said, Russkaya Liniya
reports.
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.03.2008 13:27 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On March 21, Russian State Duma adopted a statement
calling on the President and government to address recognition of
Abkhazia and South Ossetia's independence.
The Duma members offer "to speed up the process of the republics'
sovereignty up to recognition of their independence in compliance
with the expression of popular will."
"Russia should take action to protect its citizens in Abkhazia and
South Ossetia in case of Georgia's violence or accession to NATO,"
the document says.
The State Duma also proposes to strengthen peacekeeping potential in
the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zones.
South Ossetia's representative to Russia, Dmitry Medoyev said this
decision inspires hope and testifies the start of recognition process.
For his part, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian
Affairs Daniel Fried said recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia's
independence "would be a blunder"
"The U.S. supports territorial integrity of Georgia and stands for
a peaceful resolution of the conflicts," he said, Russkaya Liniya
reports.