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LAVROV: RUSSIA WON'T BETRAY S. OSSETIA, ABKHAZIA
TERT.AM
17:00 ~U 25.02.13
Russia will not use the breakaway Georgian provinces of Abkhazia and
South Ossetia as bargaining chips in its rapprochement with Tbilisi,
Russian top foreign official Sergei Lavrov has said.
"The problem won't be solved at the expense of Russia betraying
Abkhazia and South Ossetia," the Voice of Russia quoted him as telling
a press conference.
Lavrov stressed that Tbilisi torpedoed the only opportunity of solving
the 2008 crisis through dialogue.
If Saakashvili had succeeded in his military attack on South Ossetia
in 2008, Abkhazia would have been next, the Russian foreign minister
told reporters.
Speaking on the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate, Sergei Lavrov urged
to call a meeting of the Middle East Quartet.
"The Quartet should get together as soon as possible. We need to
sit down and discuss everything even if no final agreement follows,"
he said, stressing that the Palestinian issue could only be settled
through negotiations.
TERT.AM
17:00 ~U 25.02.13
Russia will not use the breakaway Georgian provinces of Abkhazia and
South Ossetia as bargaining chips in its rapprochement with Tbilisi,
Russian top foreign official Sergei Lavrov has said.
"The problem won't be solved at the expense of Russia betraying
Abkhazia and South Ossetia," the Voice of Russia quoted him as telling
a press conference.
Lavrov stressed that Tbilisi torpedoed the only opportunity of solving
the 2008 crisis through dialogue.
If Saakashvili had succeeded in his military attack on South Ossetia
in 2008, Abkhazia would have been next, the Russian foreign minister
told reporters.
Speaking on the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate, Sergei Lavrov urged
to call a meeting of the Middle East Quartet.
"The Quartet should get together as soon as possible. We need to
sit down and discuss everything even if no final agreement follows,"
he said, stressing that the Palestinian issue could only be settled
through negotiations.