SEAN MCCORMACK ISSUES STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTION TO SEND MORE MILITARY FORCES INTO ABKHAZIA
May 31, 2008
May 31, 2008
TBILISI, Georgia, May 31 -- The U.S. Embassy issued the following press release:
The United States is dismayed by Russia's Defense Ministry announcement on May 31 that it intends to send more military forces, including railroad construction troops, into the Georgian region of Abkhazia without the consent of the Georgian Government. This announcement is particularly difficult to understand in light of Georgia's forthcoming statement at the UN Security Council on May 30 th . . .
The United States is dismayed by Russia's Defense Ministry announcement on May 31 that it intends to send more military forces, including railroad construction troops, into the Georgian region of Abkhazia without the consent of the Georgian Government. This announcement is particularly difficult to understand in light of Georgia's forthcoming statement at the UN Security Council on May 30 th . . .