GEORGIA: Georgia denies connection with Moscow bombings

Record ID: 352976

  • Title: GEORGIA: Georgia denies connection with Moscow bombings
  • Date: 1st April 2010
  • Summary: TBILISI, GEORGIA (MARCH 31, 2010) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY BUILDING GEORGIAN AND EU FLAGS ABOVE ENTRANCE GEORGIA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DAVID JALAGANIA INDOORS SURROUNDED BY JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEORGIA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DAVID JALAGANIA SAYING: "I would like to stress that previously General [Nikolai] Patrushev and other
  • Embargoed: 16th April 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Georgia
  • Country: Georgia
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA3TKJ1015DQGQZVCUVBUKIAOA
  • Story Text: Georgia's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday (March 31) denied accusations from Russia that Georgia backed Monday's terrorist attacks in Moscow.
    Deputy Foreign Minister David Jalagania told journalists in Tbilisi that Russian officials had unsuccessfully tried to link Georgia to terrorist organisations in the past.
    "I would like to stress that previously General [Nikolai] Patrushev and other officials from Russia several times blamed Georgia and stated that about connections with some terrorist organizations. But the international society took this unseriously and with some irony."
    On Tuesday (March 30), the head of Russia's Security Council General Nikolai Patrushev told Russian media that Georgia's secret service and Georgia's President Mikheil Saakasvili might be behind the twin terrorist attacks on the Moscow metro that killed 39 people.
    "We can regret that unfortunately such rhetoric of Russian officials became more irresponsible and inadequate because of the content of these statements," Jalagania said.
    He warned such statements were dangerous and were worth of attention from the international community.
    "Such kind of statements are very dangerous. But we hope that international society will pay according attention and react accordingly. But Georgia will continue its cooperation with other international partners in the frame of anti-terrorist coalition."
    Patrushev said the Georgian link should be checked during the investigation into the bombings as one of several possible backgrounds. He said this was necessary becaus of "the unpredictable behaviour" of Georgia's president.
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