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Russia plays down EU threats over Georgia
09/02/2008

Russia plays down EU threats over Georgia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has issued another warning to the West over Georgia

MOSCOW, Russia -- Russian officials Tuesday criticized the European Union for threatening to postpone talks on a new political and economic partnership deal over the war in Georgia.

The Associated Press quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko as saying that a "partnership" with the EU "should not be a hostage to the conflict" over Georgia.
 
Vladimir Chizhov, Russia's envoy to the EU, added that he was not surprised that the European Union stopped short of imposing sanctions on Russia, AP said.
 
He told reporters in Moscow that both sides are "too interdependent," adding that "Russia and the European Union are bound by destiny to be close partners."
 
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday that the EU would have to re-examine its partnership with Russia if Moscow does not respect a cease-fire agreement.
 
Sarkozy, whose country holds the six-month rotating EU presidency, also confirmed that he will visit Moscow next week.
 
"We will be asking Russia to ensure the full and scrupulous respect of the (cease-fire) plan," he said. "The EU would welcome a real partnership with Russia that is in the interests of all, but it takes two to tango. You have to be two to have a partnership.
 
"Therefore this crisis means that we have to re-examine our relationship with Russia."
 
 
Meanwhile, Russia's NATO envoy, Dmitry Rogozin, accused the United States of pushing Poland and the ex-Soviet Baltic states to demand tougher sanctions against Russia, AP reported.
 
"It is clear who the losing side is: the policy pursued by the Polish president and his Baltic co-thinkers," Rogozin was quoted by Interfax .
 
They acted as "the advocates of Washington's line to undermine pan-European cooperation," he was quoted as saying.
 





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