Russia: G7 Condemnation over Georgia Shows 'Bias'
Russia has accused the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations of being "biased" in condemning Moscow's recognition of the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
By VOA News
29 August 2008
Source: VOA.com
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Russia has accused the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations of being "biased" in condemning Moscow's recognition of the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.The Russian foreign ministry said Friday the G7 statement justified "Georgian acts of aggression."Earlier this week, the foreign ministers of the G7 said Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia called into question Russia's "commitment to peace and security in the Caucasus."Meanwhile, the United States has rejected allegations from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that the U.S. orchestrated the crisis in Georgia.In an interview with the television network CNN, Mr. Putin suggested the United States encouraged Georgia to attack the breakaway region of South Ossetia to benefit one of the U.S. presidential candidates. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino Thursday said Mr. Putin's claim was not rational. Georgian troops went into South Ossetia on August 7 to try to retake control of the breakaway region. Russia replied with tanks and thousands of troops, saying it had to protect Russian citizens there. During a meeting of the the United Nations Security Council Thursday, ambassadors from the United States, Britain and Georgia accused Russia of attempting to redraw internationally recognized borders through military force. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin dismissed the charge, saying it was undermined by international recognition of Kosovo's independence from Serbia earlier this year.Georgia's U.N. ambassador, Irakli Alasania, said Moscow's unilateral recognition of Georgia's breakaway regions would have repercussions for separatist movements throughout the Caucasus region.Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.
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