U.S. Calls for ‘Cooperative Efforts’ to Solve Spy Row

The U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi said in a statement on September 29 that the United States government encourages both Russia and Georgia to cooperate and resolve dispute related with spy row “in an appropriate and prompt manner.”

“The U.S. government learned on September 27 of the arrest by the Georgian government of four Russian citizens and eleven Georgian citizens in connection with alleged espionage activities and that the Georgian government may be seeking the arrest of additional Georgian and Russian suspects. While this is a bilateral matter for the Russian Federation and Georgia, the U.S. government encourages both the Russian and Georgian governments to cooperate and resolve this matter in an appropriate and prompt manner. We hope that both governments can discuss and resolve such matters through cooperative efforts and mutual respect. For further details, we refer inquiries to the Georgian and Russian governments,” the statement reads.

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