Moscow Accuses Tbilisi of Fueling Anti-Russian Hysteria

The Russian Foreign Ministry?s Spokesman Alexander Yakovenko said on May 12 that Georgia is trying to use the Russian-Georgian talks over the pullout of the Russian military bases stationed in Georgia to fuel “anti-Russian hysteria.?
 
This statement comes after Parliamentary Chairperson Nino Burjanadze reiterated the Georgian Parliament’s resolve to implement a March decision to outlaw the Russian bases if no agreement is reached by May 15.

?The Russian side has committed itself to withdrawing the bases. We simply need to define a realistic timeframe and to agree on the technical details of the process. However, it seems that someone in Tbilisi trying to use these talks for the purpose of fueling anti-Russian hysteria instead of achieving results,? Alexander Yakovenko says in an information note issued on May 12.
 
?A final agreement has not been reached yet. But there is significant progress in redeploying the bases,? Yakovenko said.
 
The Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman noted that Georgia can take unilateral measures but he warned that ?unilateral steps are, as a rule, double-edged? he added.

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