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RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCUSES HILLARY CLINTON OF BIAS
PanARMENIAN.Net
July 7, 2010 - 20:22 AMT 15:22 GMT
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has noted the statements by
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to Tbilisi on
July 5 that the United States will not accept the "Russian occupation
of Georgia's territories" and will seek "de-occupation of Georgia."
"Under international law, occupation is a temporary stationing of
the troops of one state on the territory of another in conditions
of a state of war between them. Moreover, authority in the occupied
territory is exercised by the military command of the occupying state.
Thus, the use by Secretary of State Clinton of the term "occupation"
has no foundation beneath it. There is not a single Russian service
member in the territory of Georgia. In the region there are Russian
military contingents, but they are stationed in the territories of
Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which have seceded from Georgia as a result
of the aggression unleashed by the Saakashvili regime. At the same
time Abkhazia and South Ossetia have their own democratically formed
legislative, executive and judicial authorities fully operational;
political parties are actively working there.
Russian troops and bases in the two republics are stationed on the
basis of bilateral interstate agreements in full accordance with the
norms of international law.
We expect that our partners will take account of this objective reality
in their public and practical activities," reads the statement of
the Russian Foreign Ministry.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
July 7, 2010 - 20:22 AMT 15:22 GMT
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has noted the statements by
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to Tbilisi on
July 5 that the United States will not accept the "Russian occupation
of Georgia's territories" and will seek "de-occupation of Georgia."
"Under international law, occupation is a temporary stationing of
the troops of one state on the territory of another in conditions
of a state of war between them. Moreover, authority in the occupied
territory is exercised by the military command of the occupying state.
Thus, the use by Secretary of State Clinton of the term "occupation"
has no foundation beneath it. There is not a single Russian service
member in the territory of Georgia. In the region there are Russian
military contingents, but they are stationed in the territories of
Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which have seceded from Georgia as a result
of the aggression unleashed by the Saakashvili regime. At the same
time Abkhazia and South Ossetia have their own democratically formed
legislative, executive and judicial authorities fully operational;
political parties are actively working there.
Russian troops and bases in the two republics are stationed on the
basis of bilateral interstate agreements in full accordance with the
norms of international law.
We expect that our partners will take account of this objective reality
in their public and practical activities," reads the statement of
the Russian Foreign Ministry.
From: A. Papazian