By empty (10/4/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Tbilisi may block the process of Russia\'s accession to the World Trade Organization if it does not lift economic sanctions against Georgia, president of the National Bank of Georgia Roman Gotsiridze told reporters on Wednesday. \"The economic sanctions against Georgia, imposed by Russia, are unjustified and inadequate,\" Gotsiridze said. He called upon the Russian authorities to lift the sanctions.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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