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Moscow Blames on Tbilisi Retreat from Medvedev-Sarkozy Plan
Russia isn’t pleased with Georgia’s interpretation of Medvedev-Sarkozy plan in part of the obligations related to the force non-use against Tskhinvali and Sukhumi. In Tbilisi, they condition this provision to recognizing South Ossetia and Abkhazia an integral part of Georgia.
“What alarms us is that Georgia’s regime tries to interpret the assumed obligations for not using the force against Abkhazia and South Ossetia as valid only provided that everyone recognizes South Ossetia and Abkhazia an integral part of Georgia. It is the direct retreat from the agreement that French President Nicolas Sarkozy brokered on behalf of all European Union, and we won’t have this interpretation,” Interfax quoted Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying.
“We categorically say that the European Union that has assumed the role of guarantor against the attack on South Ossetia and Abkhazia should play this role in full, and all those having influence over Mikheil Saakashvili should demand from him even to stop thinking of any attempt to evade responsibility and obligations for never using the force against South Ossetia and Abkhazia again,” Lavrov said after the negotiations with South Ossetia’s President Eduard Kokoity.
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