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TBILISI, STOCKHOLM AND WARSAW ALARMED BY GROWING TENSION BETWEEN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN
Interfax
Sept 6 2012
Russa
Georgia is interested in stability and growing cooperation in the
region, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said at a Wednesday
joint press conference with colleagues from Poland and Sweden.
"Georgia is interested in all problems in the region being settled
by peaceful means because any tension leads to war and this is
unacceptable for both our government and people," he said of the
growing tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
He said that the Georgian government is taking steps for the extreme
line in relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia not to be crossed.
Meanwhile, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt thinks that Armenia
and Azerbaijan share the understanding that the situation should not
be driven to the limit of tension. "All sides realize that war is not
in the interests of a single side and the international community is
taking the necessary steps," he said.
He also commented on the upcoming Russian army exercise Caucasus-2012.
"The exercise should not become an additional subject of concern for
Georgia and other countries of the region, because it is a routine
exercise," Bildt said.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski stressed that all countries
of the region should make their contribution to the cause of stability.
The foreign ministers of Sweden and Poland are taking part in the
annual meeting of heads of Georgian diplomatic missions abroad in
Tbilisi. On Thursday the meeting will be attended by NATO Secretary
General Anders Vogh Rasmussen.
From: A. Papazian
Interfax
Sept 6 2012
Russa
Georgia is interested in stability and growing cooperation in the
region, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said at a Wednesday
joint press conference with colleagues from Poland and Sweden.
"Georgia is interested in all problems in the region being settled
by peaceful means because any tension leads to war and this is
unacceptable for both our government and people," he said of the
growing tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
He said that the Georgian government is taking steps for the extreme
line in relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia not to be crossed.
Meanwhile, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt thinks that Armenia
and Azerbaijan share the understanding that the situation should not
be driven to the limit of tension. "All sides realize that war is not
in the interests of a single side and the international community is
taking the necessary steps," he said.
He also commented on the upcoming Russian army exercise Caucasus-2012.
"The exercise should not become an additional subject of concern for
Georgia and other countries of the region, because it is a routine
exercise," Bildt said.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski stressed that all countries
of the region should make their contribution to the cause of stability.
The foreign ministers of Sweden and Poland are taking part in the
annual meeting of heads of Georgian diplomatic missions abroad in
Tbilisi. On Thursday the meeting will be attended by NATO Secretary
General Anders Vogh Rasmussen.
From: A. Papazian