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Russia, Georgia trade barbs, but talks to resume in November
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 15 - 10 - 2008

Russia and Georgia are to resume talks on November
18 following the suspension in Geneva on Wednesday of their first
direct talks since they went to war in August, European Union Special
Representative for Georgia Pierre Morel told journalists, according to dpa.
Russia and Georgia accused each other of walking out of the UN-
brokered talks.
"De facto the discussion was broken off by Georgia, which refused
to participate in the plenary session," Interfax quoted Deputy
Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin, who headed the Russian delegation
to the Geneva talks, as saying.
"The behaviour of the Georgian side, to put it mildly, is unclear,
as their refusal of participation has broken further schedule of work
for today," Karasin said.
"The beginning is difficult in this important process, but there
is no reason to despair."
Speaking to journalists in Brussels, Georgian President Mikheil
Saakashvili said Russia was to blame for the collapse of Wednesday's
talks.
"Although Georgia was very constructive, although there was an
opportunity to hold serious talks with the mediation of the EU and
the United States, the Russians - as I feared and as I suspected -
left the negotiations and walked out," Saakashvili said.
"This is exactly how the Soviet Union acted in the worst years of
the Cold War. This is very regrettable," he said.
"We will continue working with our friends, with our partners; we
will continue our consistent struggle for Georgia's de-occupation and
for the withdrawal of Russian troops from the occupied territories."
The Russian delegation arrived an hour late for the talks with
representatives from Georgia, the United States, the European Union
and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
The closed meeting also included leaders of the breakaway Georgian
regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in an effort to find a long-
term solution for stability in the region.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for patience, saying
diplomats expected no immediate results and that the discussions
could drag on for weeks.
Russia and Georgia waged a five-day war when Russia invaded South
Ossetia in response to Georgian efforts to impose its rule there.


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