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GEORGIA CONDEMNS RUSSIA'S KAVKAZ-2012 EXERCISE DUE IN SEP 2012
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Jan 16 2012
Georgia
During a meeting in December 2011with military attaches accredited in
Moscow, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Army
Gen Nikolay Makarov said that it is planned to hold the Kavkaz-2012
strategic command-staff training exercises in September 2012.
In addition to this, according to the Russian Defence Ministry,
unlike in the previous years, "the exercise will be held not only in
the Russian Federation's Southern Military District but in Armenia,
Abkhazia and South Ossetia". The exercise will involve not only all
types of forces under the Defence Ministry, but units of the Interior
Ministry, the Federal Security Service, the Emergencies Ministry, the
Federal Security Guard Service and other law enforcement agencies. It
is planned to use means of surveillance and all types of communication,
including electronic, space and unmanned aircraft and high-precision
weapons.
Russia deliberately carries out rapid militarization of Georgia's
occupied territories, develops military infrastructure and introduces
assault weapons in an attempt to provoke permanent tension in Georgia
and the Black Sea Region on the whole.
The international community should pay attention to the fact that
Russia's foreign policy has not changed. It continues its aggressive
actions, demonstrating its military might and staging provocations.
Russia is a source of destabilization and negative events on the
international scene.
[Signed] Tbilisi, 16 January 2012
[translated from Georgian]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Jan 16 2012
Georgia
During a meeting in December 2011with military attaches accredited in
Moscow, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Army
Gen Nikolay Makarov said that it is planned to hold the Kavkaz-2012
strategic command-staff training exercises in September 2012.
In addition to this, according to the Russian Defence Ministry,
unlike in the previous years, "the exercise will be held not only in
the Russian Federation's Southern Military District but in Armenia,
Abkhazia and South Ossetia". The exercise will involve not only all
types of forces under the Defence Ministry, but units of the Interior
Ministry, the Federal Security Service, the Emergencies Ministry, the
Federal Security Guard Service and other law enforcement agencies. It
is planned to use means of surveillance and all types of communication,
including electronic, space and unmanned aircraft and high-precision
weapons.
Russia deliberately carries out rapid militarization of Georgia's
occupied territories, develops military infrastructure and introduces
assault weapons in an attempt to provoke permanent tension in Georgia
and the Black Sea Region on the whole.
The international community should pay attention to the fact that
Russia's foreign policy has not changed. It continues its aggressive
actions, demonstrating its military might and staging provocations.
Russia is a source of destabilization and negative events on the
international scene.
[Signed] Tbilisi, 16 January 2012
[translated from Georgian]