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Saakashvili Ready for Dialogue with Russia
Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili announced his readiness for an open dialogue with Russia. The president made the respective statement in the air of Georgian National TV.
Saakashvili has conditioned the dialogue to pulling out of Georgia the occupation troops that are illegally stationed there. He has urged Russia to immediately withdraw its military from Georgia and, after it, think seriously about further negotiations and forms of future relations to prevent final alienation.
No matter what happened between us, Saakashvili went on, Georgia is always open for resolving all issues by dialogue, negotiations and based on the civilized relations. But at first, the occupants must pull out of the country, he emphasized.
The withdrawal of Russia’s troops is due to begin Monday, but the peacekeepers will remain in South Ossetia.
Meanwhile, Russia’s diplomats don’t appear particularly eager to reestablish relations with Georgia. They would be acting via intermediaries, avoiding direct contacts with Tbilisi, people in the RF Foreign Ministry said. Even the ceasefire agreement that Saakashvili inked past weekend was faxed to Russia by the U.S. officials.
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