Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Georgia Update - Russia Points a Finger at the USA (Again)

A snip from another article:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090804/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_georgia_2

"...Meanwhile, a senior Russian diplomat voiced concern about what he said were U.S. plans to provide military assistance to Georgia.

"Washington is playing the key role in rearming the Georgian military machine," Grigory Karasin, a deputy foreign minister, said in comments carried Tuesday by the Interfax agency.

"It would be in the interests of Georgian democracy ... to refuse to arm this country at all."

The U.S. is discussing a Georgian request for $16 million in military aid this year, with most of the money intended for training and technical assistance..."

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