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Georgian Troops Kill Russian Forces Ground Commander.
Angela Merkel just said Georgia "will become a member of NATO if it wants to':
TBILISI (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday in the Georgian capital that the ex-Soviet republic, currently mired in conflict with Russia, will join NATO.
"Georgia will become a member of NATO if it wants to -- and it does want to," she said before talks with President Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi.
It was one of the strongest statements yet of support for Georgia's NATO membership bid, which is fiercely opposed by Russia.
Merkel was in Tbilisi to support Saakashvili and press for the withdrawal of Russian troops who attacked Georgia on August 8 to repulse an offensive by Georgian troops against a Moscow-backed separatist region.
Russian troops remained deployed in the north and west of the country, including units within half an hour's drive of Tbilisi.
Russia says that regular forces will begin withdrawing Monday but that an unspecified number of Russian peacekeepers will remain.
Moscow is furious at Georgia's attempt to join NATO. The Western military alliance is divided over how fast to accept Georgia, but has indicated that membership is a matter of when, not if.
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Georgian Troops Kill Russian Forces Ground Commander.
Angela Merkel just said Georgia "will become a member of NATO if it wants to':
TBILISI (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday in the Georgian capital that the ex-Soviet republic, currently mired in conflict with Russia, will join NATO.
"Georgia will become a member of NATO if it wants to -- and it does want to," she said before talks with President Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi.
It was one of the strongest statements yet of support for Georgia's NATO membership bid, which is fiercely opposed by Russia.
Merkel was in Tbilisi to support Saakashvili and press for the withdrawal of Russian troops who attacked Georgia on August 8 to repulse an offensive by Georgian troops against a Moscow-backed separatist region.
Russian troops remained deployed in the north and west of the country, including units within half an hour's drive of Tbilisi.
Russia says that regular forces will begin withdrawing Monday but that an unspecified number of Russian peacekeepers will remain.
Moscow is furious at Georgia's attempt to join NATO. The Western military alliance is divided over how fast to accept Georgia, but has indicated that membership is a matter of when, not if.
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WaPo: Russia’s military chief warns that heightened risks of conflict near borders may turn nuclear By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, November 17, 11:20 AM MOSCOW — Russia is facing a heightened risk of being drawn into conflicts at its borders...
- Russia-backed Coup Plot In Georgia?
Reuters: Georgian Defense Minister David Sikharulidze said the coup plot was aimed at disrupting month-long NATO military exercises that begin in Georgia tomorrow. The Defense ministry spokesman said plotters were receiving money from Russia. [...] The...
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Jamestown.org For the fifth day running, Russian forces are pursuing their onslaught against Georgia. Russian troops have brutally advanced far beyond the so-called conflict zones, deep inside the country, occupying towns and villages and...
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The Russians have alyways bee known to counterone problem with a reaction somewhere else, and in another manner entirely. Geogria is in the midst of the process to become a member of NATO. Now what? Russia sends forces into Georgian rebel conflict...