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    RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCUSES HILLARY CLINTON OF BIAS

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    July 7, 2010 - 20:22 AMT 15:22 GMT

    The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has noted the statements by
    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to Tbilisi on
    July 5 that the United States will not accept the "Russian occupation
    of Georgia's territories" and will seek "de-occupation of Georgia."

    "Under international law, occupation is a temporary stationing of
    the troops of one state on the territory of another in conditions
    of a state of war between them. Moreover, authority in the occupied
    territory is exercised by the military command of the occupying state.

    Thus, the use by Secretary of State Clinton of the term "occupation"
    has no foundation beneath it. There is not a single Russian service
    member in the territory of Georgia. In the region there are Russian
    military contingents, but they are stationed in the territories of
    Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which have seceded from Georgia as a result
    of the aggression unleashed by the Saakashvili regime. At the same
    time Abkhazia and South Ossetia have their own democratically formed
    legislative, executive and judicial authorities fully operational;
    political parties are actively working there.

    Russian troops and bases in the two republics are stationed on the
    basis of bilateral interstate agreements in full accordance with the
    norms of international law.

    We expect that our partners will take account of this objective reality
    in their public and practical activities," reads the statement of
    the Russian Foreign Ministry.




    From: A. Papazian
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