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RUSSIA SEEKS TO PERPETUATE KARABAKH CONFLICT, GEORGIAN PRESIDENT SAYS
September 26, 2013 - 15:31 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili slammed Russia
in his UN General Assembly speech, suggesting Moscow's pressure on
the Eastern Partnership states.
He specifically mentioned Armenia which was "put in a corner and
forced to join the Russia-led Customs Union in spite of its national
interests;" Moldavia, "blocked by Russia," as well as Ukraine,
Azerbaijan and Georgia.
During his speech, Saakashvili went on to rail against Russian national
interests, casting the Kremlin as an empire that does not want peace
between its neighbors, RT said.
"Let's be honest here. Do you really believe Putin wants Armenia to
gain the upper hand over Azerbaijan in Karabakh conflict? Not quite
so. That would make Armenia too independent. Neither does he want
Baku to win, for fear of increased Azeri presence. Russian leadership
wouldn't want any side to prevail, a conflict being their goal in
blocking the nations' integration into the European Union," he said.
"The Russian Federation has no interest in having stable states around
it. Neighboring countries in constant turmoil is what the Kremlin
is seeking," he said, adding "an old Empire is trying to reclaim
its bygone borders. And 'borders' is actually not the right word,
since this Empire - be it the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, the
Russian Federation, or the Eurasian Union - never had borders. It
only had margins."
The Georgian President's speech at the UN General Assembly forced the
Russian delegation leave the room, Russia's Permanent Mission to the
United Nations said in a statement.
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, in
turn, said Saakashvili should undergo a professional mental health
assessment, RFE/RE reported.
Churkin denounced the speech as a "train of crackpot thoughts that were
not simply of an anti-Russian, but of a Russophobe, and anti-Orthodox,
nature."
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/170489/Russia_seeks_to_perpetuate_Karabakh_conflict_Georg ian_President_says
September 26, 2013 - 15:31 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili slammed Russia
in his UN General Assembly speech, suggesting Moscow's pressure on
the Eastern Partnership states.
He specifically mentioned Armenia which was "put in a corner and
forced to join the Russia-led Customs Union in spite of its national
interests;" Moldavia, "blocked by Russia," as well as Ukraine,
Azerbaijan and Georgia.
During his speech, Saakashvili went on to rail against Russian national
interests, casting the Kremlin as an empire that does not want peace
between its neighbors, RT said.
"Let's be honest here. Do you really believe Putin wants Armenia to
gain the upper hand over Azerbaijan in Karabakh conflict? Not quite
so. That would make Armenia too independent. Neither does he want
Baku to win, for fear of increased Azeri presence. Russian leadership
wouldn't want any side to prevail, a conflict being their goal in
blocking the nations' integration into the European Union," he said.
"The Russian Federation has no interest in having stable states around
it. Neighboring countries in constant turmoil is what the Kremlin
is seeking," he said, adding "an old Empire is trying to reclaim
its bygone borders. And 'borders' is actually not the right word,
since this Empire - be it the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, the
Russian Federation, or the Eurasian Union - never had borders. It
only had margins."
The Georgian President's speech at the UN General Assembly forced the
Russian delegation leave the room, Russia's Permanent Mission to the
United Nations said in a statement.
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, in
turn, said Saakashvili should undergo a professional mental health
assessment, RFE/RE reported.
Churkin denounced the speech as a "train of crackpot thoughts that were
not simply of an anti-Russian, but of a Russophobe, and anti-Orthodox,
nature."
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