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NATO PRESENCE IN GEORGIA COULD THREATEN STABILITY IN CAUCASUS: RUSSIA
Topic: NATO Seeks Expansion to Eastern Europe
Flags of member nations flap in the wind outside NATO headquarters
in Brussels on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014.
(c) AP Photo/ Olivier Matthys 20:12 08/10/2014
http://en.ria.ru/world/20141008/193822407/NATO-Presence-in-Georgia-Could-Threaten-Stability-in-Caucasus.html
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Updated 11:50 p.m. Moscow Time
MOSCOW, October 8 (RIA Novosti) - The placement of military
infrastructure in Georgia in the interests of NATO would pose a threat
to stability in the Caucasus region, the Russian Foreign Ministry
said Wednesday.
Russian Deputy Minister Grigory Karasin took part in a new round
of the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability
in the South Caucasus held in Geneva on October 7-8. The talks were
also attended by delegations from Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Georgia
and the United States.
"The Russian side has expressed concern over rumors circulated
by Georgian media about plans to place elements of NATO-linked
infrastructure in Georgia," the Russian ministry said in a statement.
"Such actions would threaten the existing stability in South Caucasus,"
the statement reads.
"Delegations from Abkhazia and South Ossetia underlined that the
decisions made during the recent NATO summit on Georgia significantly
increased the need of coming to binding international agreements about
non-use of force between Georgia and their states. As an effective
step in this direction, Russia's draft on a joint statement made
by all participants of the discussions on the non-use of force and
security guarantees was discussed," the Russian Foreign Ministry noted.
The Geneva negotiations have been held regularly since October 2008
in accordance with agreements made following the August 2008 war in
Georgia with the mediation of the European Union, the UN and the OSCE.
Russia, Georgia, the United Nations and representatives of South
Ossetia and Abkhazia are parties to the talks.
Following Russia's recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and
Abkhazia, Georgia severed diplomatic relations with Russia. In Georgia,
the regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia have the status of the occupied
territories. The new Georgian government formed in 2012 called the
normalization of relations with Russia one of its key priorities.
Topic: NATO Seeks Expansion to Eastern Europe
Flags of member nations flap in the wind outside NATO headquarters
in Brussels on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014.
(c) AP Photo/ Olivier Matthys 20:12 08/10/2014
http://en.ria.ru/world/20141008/193822407/NATO-Presence-in-Georgia-Could-Threaten-Stability-in-Caucasus.html
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Updated 11:50 p.m. Moscow Time
MOSCOW, October 8 (RIA Novosti) - The placement of military
infrastructure in Georgia in the interests of NATO would pose a threat
to stability in the Caucasus region, the Russian Foreign Ministry
said Wednesday.
Russian Deputy Minister Grigory Karasin took part in a new round
of the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability
in the South Caucasus held in Geneva on October 7-8. The talks were
also attended by delegations from Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Georgia
and the United States.
"The Russian side has expressed concern over rumors circulated
by Georgian media about plans to place elements of NATO-linked
infrastructure in Georgia," the Russian ministry said in a statement.
"Such actions would threaten the existing stability in South Caucasus,"
the statement reads.
"Delegations from Abkhazia and South Ossetia underlined that the
decisions made during the recent NATO summit on Georgia significantly
increased the need of coming to binding international agreements about
non-use of force between Georgia and their states. As an effective
step in this direction, Russia's draft on a joint statement made
by all participants of the discussions on the non-use of force and
security guarantees was discussed," the Russian Foreign Ministry noted.
The Geneva negotiations have been held regularly since October 2008
in accordance with agreements made following the August 2008 war in
Georgia with the mediation of the European Union, the UN and the OSCE.
Russia, Georgia, the United Nations and representatives of South
Ossetia and Abkhazia are parties to the talks.
Following Russia's recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and
Abkhazia, Georgia severed diplomatic relations with Russia. In Georgia,
the regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia have the status of the occupied
territories. The new Georgian government formed in 2012 called the
normalization of relations with Russia one of its key priorities.