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Monday, 04 September 2006
RUSSIA CLAIMS GEORGIA PREPARING NON-PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO OSSETIA CONFLICT
By empty (9/4/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Steps similar to a Georgian helicopter\'s recent inspection flight over the territory of the breakaway province of South Ossetia show that the Georgian authorities are openly engaged in preparations for a non-peaceful solution to the conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said. \"Monitoring reports suggest that helicopters of the Georgian Air Force entered the airspace of the Georgian-[South] Ossetian conflict zone without permission on 12 occasions in July-August alone. The Foreign Ministry of Russia regards such moves by the Georgian authorities as a provocation,\" he said.
Steps similar to a Georgian helicopter\'s recent inspection flight over the territory of the breakaway province of South Ossetia show that the Georgian authorities are openly engaged in preparations for a non-peaceful solution to the conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said. \"Monitoring reports suggest that helicopters of the Georgian Air Force entered the airspace of the Georgian-[South] Ossetian conflict zone without permission on 12 occasions in July-August alone. The Foreign Ministry of Russia regards such moves by the Georgian authorities as a provocation,\" he said. \"They [Georgia\'s actions] are evidently aimed at derailing the Georgian-Ossetian peace process and indicate that Tbilisi is beginning to openly lay the foundation to put alternative settlement options into practice,\" Kamynin said. (Interfax)