RUSSIA AND THE US DISCUSS GEORGIA AGAIN
Messenger.ge
July 9, 2009
Georgia was among the issues discussed during the meeting in Moscow
between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin and William
J. Burns, the U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs,
the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a brief press release published
on July 8.
Russian and American officials also discussed issues related to CIS
states and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution. US President Barack
Obama has confirmed that the conflict in Georgia was also one of the
issues he discussed with Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev on July 6 The
Georgian authorities welcomed the fact that Georgia was one of the
topics of the talks between the Russian and American leaders. Georgian
State Minister on Reintegration Issues Temur Iakobashvili noted
that their discussion will have a positive effect on the process of
resolving the conflict in Georgia.
"The US has expressed its disagreement with the attempts of Russia
to change the leadership of one or another state or hinder its
participation in some military alliance. The main thing is that the
US has already stated its support for the sovereignty and territorial
integrity of Georgia," stated Iakobashvili on July 8, noting that the
American President also mentioned that a new war should not happen
in the Caucasus.