Moscow Hails Tbilisi’s Pledge not to Deploy Foreign Troops

Russian Foreign Ministry hailed President Mikheil Saakashvili’s statement made on May 25, that Georgia has no plans to deploy troops of the third country on its soil after the withdrawal of the Russian bases. But the Russian Foreign Ministry reiterated that Tbilisi should reflect this position in a legally binding commitment.

“We welcome this statement [of President Saakashvili]. It also voices the position of the Russian Federation… It is necessary to include this stipulation as a binding commitment in a legal document,” Alexander Yakovenko, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, said in an information note issued on May 26.

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