Georgia's former Ambassador to Russia Erosi Kitsmarishvili
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Georgia’s Former Ambassador Reached For the Brass Ring
First of the most high placed officials of pre-war Georgia, former Ambassador to Russia Erosi Kitsmarishvili has publicly challenged President Mikheil Saakashvili. Yesterday, the ex-ambassador accused the president of plotting the war against Abkhazia and of illegal capture of Rustavi-2 TV Company. Official Tbilisi calls to disbelieve Kitsmarishvili, but the scandal’s echo is likely to reach Brussels, where the NATO foreign ministers will gather on Tuesday to deliberate on Georgia’s potential admission to the alliance.
Georgia's former Ambassador to Russia Erosi Kitsmarishvili has been reigning in Georgia’s media since the start of the week. He earned fame on Tuesday, when he addressed the Georgian parliament’s panel probing into the August events in South Ossetia.
Kitsmarishvili added fuel to the fire yesterday, when he called a news conference in RIA Novosti’s office in Tbilisi to unveil details of the August war.
Without giving the names of the sources, Kitsmarishvili said Georgia’s officials believed U.S. President Georgia Bush backed up the assault on South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The opinion was formed that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had allegedly given the green light during her July visit to Tbilisi.
According to ex-ambassador, he tried to check the information by asking the people that took part in Saakashvili’s negotiations with Rice. Everyone said there had been no such talk, Kitsmarishvili specified, concluding it was the mere misinterpretation of Georgia’s authorities.
Besides, Kitsmarishvili unveiled certain details of his talk with Saakashvili that happened two months before the war. Then, president promised to transfer Georgia’s capital to Sukhumi in August, the ex-ambassador said.
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All the Article in Russian as of Nov. 27, 2008
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