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Thu, 07/24/2008 - 14:18
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Frid says Russia not to launch hostilities against Georgia
TBILISI, July 24 (Itar-Tass) - Daniel Frid, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, doesn't think that military hostilities can begin in the areas of Abkhazian and South Ossetian conflicts.
Frid said in an interview with the Tbilisi-based television company Rustavi-2 late on Wednesday that there were no grounds for panic and fear.
He said he didn't believe that Russia could launch military hostilities against Georgia.
Frid called for continued peace efforts within the framework ofGeorgia's internationally recognized borders.
He said the fact the authorities in Sukhumi had rejected the German plan of peace settlement for Abkhazia shouldn't be a source for disappointment, adding the peace settlement process should continuepatiently and persistently.
Frid said there was no alternative to negotiations and a peace settlement.
Daniel Frid thinks that Europe, Russia and Georgia should work out a common approach to the peace settlement within the framework of Georgia's internationally recognized borders.
The U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia said that Georgia's proposal on replacing the Collective Peace Keeping Force (staffed with Russian units) in the area of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict by an international police force would be considered.
Frid said in an interview with the Tbilisi-based television company Rustavi-2 late on Wednesday that there were no grounds for panic and fear.
He said he didn't believe that Russia could launch military hostilities against Georgia.
Frid called for continued peace efforts within the framework ofGeorgia's internationally recognized borders.
He said the fact the authorities in Sukhumi had rejected the German plan of peace settlement for Abkhazia shouldn't be a source for disappointment, adding the peace settlement process should continuepatiently and persistently.
Frid said there was no alternative to negotiations and a peace settlement.
Daniel Frid thinks that Europe, Russia and Georgia should work out a common approach to the peace settlement within the framework of Georgia's internationally recognized borders.
The U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia said that Georgia's proposal on replacing the Collective Peace Keeping Force (staffed with Russian units) in the area of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict by an international police force would be considered.
