Mikhail Saakashvili: Attacking Russia would be complete suicide
"Georgia has neither the will, nor the means to attack Russia," Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said in an interview with FRANCE 24's regional correspondent "It would be complete suicide".
Russian troops in South Ossetia and in the other breakaway province of Abkhazia still number well above 7,000. Mikhail Saakashvili maintains that Moscow's aim is to overthrow him. "Russia has made it abundantly clear that its mission to get rid of the government here in Tbilisi is not over," he said.
The Georgian president also claimed that Russia had amassed 120,000 soldiers along its border with Georgia. The aim, he says, is to test Western countries' ability to react. "Without international community's pressure Georgia will not be able to speak the language of diplomacy with Russia," the President stated.
Russian troops in South Ossetia and in the other breakaway province of Abkhazia still number well above 7,000. Mikhail Saakashvili maintains that Moscow's aim is to overthrow him. "Russia has made it abundantly clear that its mission to get rid of the government here in Tbilisi is not over," he said.
The Georgian president also claimed that Russia had amassed 120,000 soldiers along its border with Georgia. The aim, he says, is to test Western countries' ability to react. "Without international community's pressure Georgia will not be able to speak the language of diplomacy with Russia," the President stated.
