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Georgia

Georgia Touts Russian Assurances On S. Ossetia

Georgian President Saakashvili (file photo)

5 July 2004 -- Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said yesterday that he received assurances in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Moscow will not interfere in the turbulent Georgian region of South Ossetia.

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July 05, 2004

Saakashvili told the AFP news agency that Russia wants a peaceful resolution in South Ossetia. He was speaking after weekend talks with Putin in Moscow.

South Ossetia has been de facto independent since a 1992 truce ended a separatist conflict against Georgian forces.

Saakashvili, elected earlier this year, has made reuniting his fractured country a policy priority.

A tense standoff in the Adjar Autonomous Republic was resolved in early May with the resignation of Adjar leader Aslan Abashidze.

(AFP)

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