Russian senator against imposing embargo on Georgia – Armenian agency

Arminfo
17 May 05

Yerevan, 17 May: “Although I do not support the processes happening
in Georgia related to the withdrawal of Russian military bases from
this country, I regard as inadvisable imposing an embargo against
Georgia by Russia,” the Russian co-chairman of the Armenian-Russian
interparliamentary commission and a Russian Federation Council member,
Nikolay Ryzhkov, said at the ninth sitting of the commission today.

He said that imposing an embargo was not the most effective way
of solving problems. If Russia imposes an embargo against Georgia,
“the USA will easily provide for Georgia”. In addition, Armenia will
suffer from the embargo in the first place since Georgia is the only
link between Russia and Armenia.

Georgia should act more carefully since it is a neighbour of Russia:
Russia supplies it with energy, and a lot of Georgians live and work
in Russia.

“People like [US President George W.] Bush come and go, but Georgia
remains a neighbour of Russia, and neighbours should live in peace,”
the Russian senator said.