SAAKASHVILI: WE ARE NOT SUICIDES TO WISH DETERIORATION OF RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.04.2007 16:18 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Georgia wishes to have good relations with Russia,"
Georgian President Mikhael Saakashvili said in an interview with
BBC. When asked whether Georgia wishes to reconcile with Russia,
Saakashvili said, "We are not suicides to wish deterioration of
relations with Russia. We will never cease talks for normalization
of relations with Russia and hope for improvement. "Georgia stands
for successful and positive relationships with Russia," he said.

The Georgian president also confirmed that integration into NATO is
the priority of his state’s foreign policy. "We have a good chance
to become a NATO member state and we will do our utmost to take this
chance," Saakashvili said, ITAR-TASS reports.