Georgia Seeks Urgent UN Meeting On Tension With Russia

Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili (R) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice after their meeting in Tbilisi July 10, 2008.

From The AFP:

TBILISI (AFP) — A senior Georgian official called Friday for an urgent UN Security Council meeting amid rocketing tension with Russia over the fate of separatist provinces within Georgian borders.

Russia separately demanded that Georgia pull its troops out of a gorge within one of the provinces, Abkhazia, and that Tbilisi sign an agreement renouncing any use of force in resolving the region's status.

Russia and Georgia each blame the other for fomenting unrest in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and each has recently appealed to the United Nations to help lower the temperature in the region.

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Abkhazia, Karabakh and South Ossetia are Russia’s allies -- Pan Armenian

My Comment: We in the West must be very careful if we want to play in Russia's backyard.