Russian PM Medvedev: Georgian membership in NATO will trigger terrible conflict
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says that Georgia’s accession to NATO may trigger "a terrible conflict" which will lead to catastrophic consequences.
In his interview with Kommersant, FM Medvedev also said that Georgia could avoid its conflict with Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), one of the breakaway regions of Georgia.
About a month ago Russian President Vladimir Putin also revealed his negative attitude towards Georgian NATO membership.
The Russian Foreign Ministry stated in its most recent statement that NATO-Georgia drills make the situation in the region tense.
Georgia was promised to become a NATO member during the 2008 NATO Bucharest summit.
NATO says that it stays loyal to its words.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin told Fox News on Monday that Russia would react "extremely negatively” to the membership of Georgia and Ukraine in NATO.
Maria Zakharova, head of the press office of the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated today that NATO-Georgia drills nourish a militarist mood, referring to the Noble Partner multinational exercise being conducted near Tbilisi.
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Russia is refusing to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) as it investigates possible war crimes committed during a conflict between Russia and Georgia in 2008.
The NATO Brussels Summit today and yesterday condemned Russia’s illegal actions on the Georgian territory and vowed that the alliance will continue to work with the government of Georgia to prepare the country for the NATO membership.