Lavrov: Russia won=?UTF-8?B?4oCZ?=t betray S. Ossetia, Abkhazia

Russia will not use the breakaway Georgian provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as bargaining chips in its rapprochement with Tbilisi, Russian top foreign official Sergei Lavrov has said.
"The problem won't be solved at the expense of Russia betraying Abkhazia and South Ossetia," the Voice of Russia quoted him as telling a press conference.Lavrov stressed that Tbilisi torpedoed the only opportunity of solving the 2008 crisis through dialogue.If Saakashvili had succeeded in his military attack on South Ossetia in 2008, Abkhazia would have been next, the Russian foreign minister told reporters.Speaking on the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate, Sergei Lavrov urged to call a meeting of the Middle East Quartet."The Quartet should get together as soon as possible. We need to sit down and discuss everything even if no final agreement follows," he said, stressing that the Palestinian issue could only be settled through negotiations.   Read more... (149 words)

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