Georgia peace talks collapse

europeanvoice.com by Toby Vogel, Rikard Jozwia | Oct. 15, 2008 (News Report)

Speaking from Brussels, where he held meetings with EU officials ahead of a summit of EU leaders, Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili blamed Russia for the breakdown, saying: "Russia has just walked out of the Geneva talks ... which basically means that Russia has no interest whatsoever at this stage in any diplomatic process".

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 by Peter Barnett - Oct. 15, 2008

A brief factual and balanced account of the peace talks breakdown.

In Brussels, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili blamed Russia for the failure of the first day’s talks. “Russia has just walked out of the Geneva talks … which basically means that Russia has no interest whatsoever at this stage in any diplomatic process,” he told reporters. But the head of Russia’s delegation, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin, said the meeting had initiated a process to resolve the conflict with the participation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. “The event was de facto broken up by Georgia, which refused to take part in the plenary session,” Karasin said, Interfax reported. “They failed to break up the meeting, it took place, and that is extremely important.”

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