Solana: Georgia’s Territorial Integrity is Fundamental
EU’s foreign policy chief Javier Solana said after talks with Georgia’s Interim President Nino Burjanadze, that Georgia’s “stability and the territorial integrity is fundamental.”
“We will try to help as much as possible,” AFP reports quoting Javier Solana. “We can help a) politically, b) economically and c) urgent help that may be needed to put the electoral process in order,” the EU’s foreign policy chief added.
On December 1 Georgian Interim President Nino Burjanadze said today, while addressing OSCE Ministerial Council in Maastricht, that Russia undermines Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity with its unilateral moves.
Georgia’s new leader was referring to the last week’s talks in Moscow, when Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov met with de facto Prime Minister of Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia and de facto President of Georgia’s another secessionist region South Ossetia.
Earlier today, at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Maastricht, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell implicitly warned Russia against supporting separatists in the country.
“No support should be given to breakaway elements seeking to weaken the territorial integrity of Georgia. The international community should do everything possible to support Georgia’s territorial integrity throughout and beyond the elections,” Colin Powell said.
