RUSSIAN NATO ENVOY SAYS GEORGIA CONTINUES MILITARIZATION
RIA Novosti
19:2605/06/2009
MOSCOW, June 5 (RIA Novosti) – Georgia is continuing to militarize
even though it clearly has not ruled out using force in regard to its
former republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Russia’s NATO envoy
said on Friday.
"We have all the necessary information, including classified,
about those who continue to deliver weapons to Georgia and at what
volumes," Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio
station. "This information is dispiriting."
Although he did not identify the countries involved he said that
Russia is making bilateral contact to tell them that Moscow knew of
the weapons deliveries.
Russia recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states
after last August’s five-day war with Georgia, which attacked South
Ossetia in an attempt to bring it back under central control. Most
residents of both Abkhazia and South Ossetia have held Russian
citizenship for several years.
The chief of the Russian General Staff, Gen. Nikolai Makarov, said
on Friday that Georgia is now armed far better than it was when it
attacked South Ossetia.