Rogozin: Integrity of Georgia impossible without integrity of Serbia
Respect of Georgia's territorial integrity will not be possible without equal respect of Serbia's territorial integrity in Kosovo, Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said Friday in Brussels.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Monday, August 18, 2008
"One cannot at the same time recognize Kosovo's independence from Serbia and reiterate that Georgia's territorial integrity must be respected as regards South Ossetia and Abkhazia", he said.
"If one recognizes Serbia's territorial integrity in Kosovo, he should better keep silent on Georgia's territorial integrity", the Russian ambassador said.
"One cannot act as if nothing happened in South Ossetia - bombing of civilian population, massacres of minorities and murders of Russian peacekeepers committed by the Tbilisi authorities ...On the other hand, what NATO did in Yugoslavia, including killing civilians, destroying bridges on the Danube and TV stations in Belgrade, denies it the right to criticize Russia for any present or future actions", Rogozin said.
