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    BUSH THANKS EU FOR 'STRONG MESSAGES' ON GEORGIA

    Agence France Presse
    Sept 2 2008
    FRANCE

    WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President George W. Bush praised "strong
    messages" from Europe on the crisis in Georgia during a telephone
    call with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, the White House
    said Tuesday.

    Bush also discussed the standoff with Russia during a separate
    conversation with Turkish President Abdullah Gul, emphasizing the
    importance of implementing a French-brokered ceasefire pact, said
    spokesman Gordon Johndroe.

    The US president thanked Balkenende for Dutch experts who helped
    prepare the US Gulf Coast for Hurricane Gustav's onslaught, and
    cooperation on the war in Afghanistan, as well as the crisis in
    Georgia, said Johndroe.

    Bush, who has sharply criticized Russia, "expressed appreciation
    for the EU sending strong messages. The two leaders also discussed
    the importance of supporting Georgia's territorial integrity and
    reconstruction," he said.

    And "the president underscored the importance of bringing India into
    the nonproliferation regime including through the work that will take
    place this week at the Nuclear Suppliers Group meetings in Vienna,"
    said Johndroe.

    The 45-member group ended a two-day meeting in Vienna Friday without
    reaching agreement on lifting a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade
    with India, a key step for a US-India nuclear cooperation pact.

    Bush also discussed Georgia with Gul, "underlining the importance of
    full compliance with the six-point ceasefire agreement," said Johndroe.

    The two leaders also discussed efforts to improve Turkey's relations
    with Armenia, as well as "the growing Turkish-Iraqi relationship"
    including efforts to crush Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels
    based in northern Iraq, he said.

    "They also discussed the importance of Iran agreeing to verifiably
    suspend enrichment and offered their strong support for the talks on
    a Cyprus settlement which begin tomorrow," he said.
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