The Georgian Foreign Ministry demanded “proper explanations” from the Russian side regarding how it is going to protect the rights of its own “citizens” in the Tskhinvali region, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued on February 7.
This statement by the Georgian Foreign Ministry follows an interview by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin with the Russian newspaper Vremya Novostey, in which he said Russia will protect its citizens and maintain stability in South Ossetia, while answering the question of whether the Russian peacekeepers will leave the conflict zone or not.
“We would like to state unequivocally that the Georgian side has plans to decide, with all seriousness and responsibility, whether or not to extend the presence of the peacekeeping forces in the Tskhinvali region. We are insisting that proper explanations be given by the Russian side as to how it is going to protect the rights of its own ‘citizens’ in the Tskhinvali region and maintain stability there, which we read as an undisguised threat to use force,” reads the statement by the Georgian Foreign Ministry.
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