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Russia harshly criticized Group of Seven members for their hypocrisy

G7 countries united against Russia and issued a joint statement in which they condemned Russia’s recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the USA and Great Britain said that Russia had violated the territorial integrity in Georgia, as well as the resolution of the UN Security Council regulating relations between Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

“Russia’s decision has called into question its commitment to peace and security in the Caucasus,” the counties’ foreign ministers said in a statement. “We deplore Russia ’s excessive use of military force in Georgia and its continued occupation of parts of Georgia.”

The ministers urged Russia to withdraw its troops from Georgia to the positions Read more »

Palestinian leader insists Palestinian refugees have right to return after talks with Lebanese counterpart.

BEIRUT - Palestinian refugees in Lebanon should not be permanently resettled in the country, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Thursday after talks in Beirut with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman.

“The Palestinians have the right of return and this is an issue we are discussing with the Israelis,” Abbas told a media conference after the meeting.

“We are against the resettlement of Palestinians in Lebanon,” he added.

An estimated 400,000 Palestinian refugees live in 12 camps in Lebanon. According to the United Nations agency responsible for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), there are around 4.6 million Palestinian Read more »

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Dallas arrives in the Georgian port of Batumi.

A U.S. Coast Guard ship carrying humanitarian aid docked in the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi Wednesday, as Georgia’s Western allies renewed their criticism of Russia amid escalating tensions.
The cutter Dallas bypassed its original destination, the Georgian port of Poti, which is controlled by Russian troops still in the country despite a cease-fire deal to end conflict between the two countries.

In another development Wednesday, Georgia has recalled some of its diplomatic staff from its Moscow embassy, Russia’s foreign ministry said.

The arrival of the Dallas came as Western leaders renewed criticism of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s move Tuesday to recognize the independence of two Georgian breakaway provinces, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, over which Georgia Read more »

Thousands of Democrats at the Denver party convention cheered US presidential candidate Barack Obama’s wife Michelle as she vowed her husband would be an “extraordinary president”.
The National Democratic Convention got underway on Monday with a keynote speech from the wife of presidential hopeful Barack Obama, Michelle Obama. The potential first lady was received with a standing ovation from the 4,200 party delegates and kept the enthusiasm high throughout her speech.

“This crowd has absolutely loved her,” said FRANCE 24 correspondent Catherine Galloway from the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. “She has done incredibly well at introducing herself and introducing her husband to the American people.”

Although Michelle Obama has made many campaign appearances and has strongly advocated Read more »

South Ossetia and Abkhazia have had de facto independence for years US President George W Bush has urged Russia not to recognise Georgia’s two breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states. Mr Bush’s comments came after Russia’s parliament passed a non-binding motion calling on President Dmitry Medvedev to support the enclaves’ independence bid. Meanwhile, the US says its warships will deliver aid to Georgia’s port of Poti, which is under Russian control. The move could mean US and Russian forces coming face-to-face. Although most of Russia’s forces pulled out of Georgia last Friday, some troops continue to operate near the Black Sea port of Poti, south of Abkhazia, where Russia says it will carry out regular inspections of cargo. Georgia has accused Moscow of trying to impose an economic stranglehold on Georgia. Until now American aid has been delivered to the Georgian port of Batumi, further south. But the US embassy said that “at the request of the Georgian government”, two US ships would dock in Poti on Wednesday. Georgians ‘moved out’ Russia and Georgia fought a brief war this month over Georgia’s two breakaway provinces. They are clearly trying to empty southern Ossetia [of] Georgians Alexander Stubb, OSCE S Ossetia ‘emptied of Georgians’ Moscow launched a counter-attack after Tbilisi tried to retake South Ossetia from rebels by military force. The US and a number of Western governments have backed Georgia,

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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

US secretary of state says Palestinians and Israelis won’t reach a peace deal by the end of 2008, distancing herself from earlier positions.

On Monday, at the start of her 18th visit to the region in the past two years, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said a broad peace deal between the two sides was a long shot before US President George W. Bush leaves office.

“I think it’s extremely important just to keep making forward progress, rather than trying prematurely to come to some set of conclusions,” Rice said, Read more »

Angela Merkel mit dem estnischen Ministerpräsident Andrus Ansip

Kanzlerin setzt bei Südossetien und Abchasien auf geschlossene EU-Linie

Kanzlerin Merkel hat die Anerkennung von Südossetien und Abchasien durch Russland als völkerrechtswidrig und “absolut nicht akzeptabel” bezeichnet. Merkel sagte in Estlands Hauptstadt Tallinn, sie denke, dass die gesamte EU sich so äußern werde.

Die territoriale Einheit Georgiens sei eines der Grundprinzipien der internationalen Zusammenarbeit, sagte Merkel zuvor. Sie kam in Tallin mit dem estnischen Ministerpräsident Andrus Ansip zusammen. Hauptthema Read more »