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    U.S. TO KEEP BACKING GEORGIA, SAYS GEORGIAN SPEAKER

    Xinhua
    www.chinaview.cn
    June 11 2009
    China

    MOSCOW, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The United States will continue to
    support Georgia's territorial integrity, and will strive to ensure
    its security, Georgian parliamentary speaker David Bakradze was quoted
    as saying by Russian media on Wednesday.

    "We spoke about problems and prospects of Georgia, including about its
    integration into NATO. The U.S. position on this issue is invariable:
    it will continue supporting the process of Georgia's integration
    into Euro-Atlantic structures," the Interfax news agency quoted
    Bakradze as saying after meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of
    State Philip Gordon.

    The situation in Georgia was also discussed at the meeting, said
    the speaker.

    "Gordon said that the U.S. backs reforms in Georgia and calls to
    resolve all problems through peaceful political dialogue," he said.

    Gordon, who arrived in Tbilisi on Tuesday, has also met with Georgian
    opposition in the U.S. embassy in Georgia on Wednesday.

    When visiting the capital city of Armenia, Yerevan, on Tuesday, Gordon
    told media that the United States will continue to provide military
    assistance to Georgia, ensuring its self-defense and safeguarding its
    domestic stability, but such assistance is confined to cooperation
    on military training only.

    The current territorial disputes of Georgia cannot be solved through
    military channels, said Gordon.

    Georgia's leading opposition parties and groups started demonstrations
    in Tbilisi on April 9, urging President Mikhail Saakashvili to step
    down over his failure to conduct democratic reforms as well as the
    brief yet catastrophic war with Russia last August.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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