EUROPE LESS ENTHUSIASTIC AND MORE ADEQUATE ABOUT GEORGIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.12.2008 14:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The U.S. and EU approaches to Georgia differ,
a Georgian expert said.

"Unlike the U.S. which welcomed the ‘rose revolution’ and labeled
Georgia as ‘democracy lighthouse’, Europe was less enthusiastic
and more adequate. A political teenager, Saakashvili stretched for
the U.S. where he was met with applause and did not hurry to visit
countries which criticized his antidemocratic and authoritative
claims," Ivlian Khaindrava, director of South Caucasus programs at
the Tbilisi-based center of development and cooperation said in an
interview with PanARMENIAN.Net

"Georgia’s foreign policy became bifurcated. Georgia thought that the
U.S. republican administration will help while Old Europe will argue
about values, problems, risks and will try to set conditions," he said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress