September 27, 2006 - 17:51 AMT
Georgia's Intention to Settle Conflicts by Force to Harm Russia and Armenia
The Georgian leadership aims at "a military resolution of so-called frozen conflicts," Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolay Bordyuzha considers. "The actions of the Georgian leadership and especially of the Defense Ministry are targeted at tensing the situation," Bordyuzha said when addressing the 11th All Russia 2006 forum. He explained it by the fact that "Georgia wishes to join the NATO but it's impossible without the settlement of the frozen conflicts." "That is why the Georgian leadership wishes to resolve the Abkhazian and South Ossetian problems by any means," he added. According to the CSTO Secretary General, the Georgian authorities should understand that appliance of force will cause escalation of the conflicts and this will harm not only Georgia nut Armenia and Russia as well. "The most important task now is to avoid speeding up the events and aggravation of the situation," he said, reported RIA Novosti.