June 4, 2005 - 08:09 AMT
HAGEL: CONFLICTS IN SOUTH CAUCASUS SHOULD BE SETTLED PEACEFULLY
«Conflicts available in the Nagorno Karabakh region, Abkhazia and South Ossetia should be settled peacefully,» Nebraska State Senator Chuck Hagel, who visited Georgia within the framework of a tour of the South Caucasian countries, stated at a press conference in Tbilisi. At the same time Chuck Hagel noted that «the US will naturally continue playing its role in the matter and will continue assistance to states, which have to find ways and forms of peaceful coexistence on their own.» «Our participation is rather limited, thus we cannot impose our will over another state,» the Senator noted, reported Novosti-Gruzia.