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Georgian President Says War with Russia Is Close
Georgia is close to war with Russia and the Georgian people must be prepared, Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili was quoted as saying by France’s Liberation.
“I have said that if a war begins, it will be a war between Georgia and Russia, not [a war] between the Georgians and the Ossetians,” the newspaper quoted him as saying.
“We are very close to a war [with Russia], the population must be prepared.”
In the interview, dated Tuesday, Saakashvili denounced military aid from Russia to rebels in Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia, which has said it wants to join Russia’s North Ossetia.
Saakashvili stressed that he had “no intention of provoking it [a war]” and called for an international conference to discuss the status of South Ossetia.
“Russia says it is opposed to this, but I think its position is evolving,” Liberation quoted him as saying.
The Georgian president compared relations between Russia and Georgia to a married couple in a divorce, and said that he proposes “to remain friends”.
Georgia pulled troops back from the separatist pro-Moscow region last week after an unprecedented show of force that infuriated Russia and worried Washington.
“The forces which attacked the Georgian positions last week were without doubt Russian forces,” Saakashvili reportedly said in the French newspaper article.
To avoid ethnic conflict, the Georgian president said he had proposed to the Ossetians “a very substantial autonomy and generous participation in Georgia’s central government”.
Last Thursday, the Tbilisi authorities said that 24 people had been killed and 50 others injured on the Georgian side in a week of fighting in the region.
Georgia is close to war with Russia and the Georgian people must be prepared, Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili was quoted as saying by France’s Liberation.
“I have said that if a war begins, it will be a war between Georgia and Russia, not [a war] between the Georgians and the Ossetians,” the newspaper quoted him as saying.
“We are very close to a war [with Russia], the population must be prepared.”
In the interview, dated Tuesday, Saakashvili denounced military aid from Russia to rebels in Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia, which has said it wants to join Russia’s North Ossetia.
Saakashvili stressed that he had “no intention of provoking it [a war]” and called for an international conference to discuss the status of South Ossetia.
“Russia says it is opposed to this, but I think its position is evolving,” Liberation quoted him as saying.
The Georgian president compared relations between Russia and Georgia to a married couple in a divorce, and said that he proposes “to remain friends”.
Georgia pulled troops back from the separatist pro-Moscow region last week after an unprecedented show of force that infuriated Russia and worried Washington.
“The forces which attacked the Georgian positions last week were without doubt Russian forces,” Saakashvili reportedly said in the French newspaper article.
To avoid ethnic conflict, the Georgian president said he had proposed to the Ossetians “a very substantial autonomy and generous participation in Georgia’s central government”.
Last Thursday, the Tbilisi authorities said that 24 people had been killed and 50 others injured on the Georgian side in a week of fighting in the region.
So basically Georgia wants to take over Ossetia, but there is a problem, it belongs to Russia...and the people of Ossetia are with Russia, and the people of Gerogia don't want any conflict with Russia because almost all the people of Gerogia surivive with the help of their relatives in Russia, but right now everything between Russia and Georgia is closed so the people are f*cked.
And to make thing even interesting, Bush was in Georgia a while ago...i know ehh...now suddenly it all makes sence haha
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