Vladimir Putin, Russia’s outgoing president, has accepted an invitation to a Nato summit in Bucharest, the Romanian capital, in April. The Russian foreign ministry said that Moscow “no longer considers itself bound by the terms” of a sanctions accord approved by the ex-Soviet CIS in 1996. Moscow said it was lifting the trade restrictions but denied it had been influenced by Western support for Kosovo’s independence. “We do not see how it contributes to stability in the South Caucasus, resolution of the Abkhazian conflict or improvement of Russian-Georgian relations. Zalmay Khalilzad, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said: “The United States regrets Russia’s decision to withdraw unilaterally from the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) sanctions on Abkhazia. The Russian sanctions were imposed in 1996 as part of efforts to limit Meanwhile, the United States said on Tuesday that it regretted Russia’s decision last week to lift trade sanctions imposed on Abkhazia and reaffirmed its support for Georgia’s territorial integrity. “I am confident that Nato member states will make a decision on Georgia’s membership independently and that third-party blackmail cannot hamper this process.” Georgia’s Nato membership bid is not against Russia, it’s about our dedication to the common values of democratic nations. She said: “The statement… is nothing but an attempt to blackmail allied nations and Georgia. “Many citizens of the northern Caucasus have links with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.”Įlene Khoshtaria, Georgia’s deputy minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, said that Russia was trying to blackmail Georgia into not joining Nato. All this is of concern to us, because it’s happening near our borders. Rogozin said: “It is a very dangerous process because it could reheat the conflict. The Map programme, seen as a preliminary to Nato membership, helps aspiring countries meet alliance standards and prepares them to join. “This would be enough for the separatists to go through with secession.” The ambassador said on Tuesday: “This is why I think that if Nato accepts that Georgia takes part in the Membership Action Plan (Map), that this could provoke the secession of the two territories. It will drive the economy and create new roles for players to fill as merchant vessels. and the outline map of Key West ' has been considerably altered. If I am too poor to afford that, then I will do the transporting myself. she has immense shipping inon a train crossing the Long Key viaduct may be. Rogozin underlined that a national referendum on whether to join Nato organised in December by Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia’s president, was not held in its two breakaway republics. If I was too lazy to do the work of moving the goods then I will simply pay others to transport goods for me.
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