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Russia-Georgia Talks Break Down

UN court tells nations not to target breakaway groups

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(Newser) – Georgia-Russia peace talks broke down today when Russian officials skipped a plenary session, Reuters reports, and the two sides failed even to agree on whether to include officials from South Ossetia and Abkhazia in the closed-door meeting. Each side bitterly blamed the other amid continuing tensions emanating from the five-day war in August.

"The Russians and the Georgians were not in a formal meeting at the same time, they weren't in the same room at the same time,"said one US diplomat.

France's Pierre Morel, an EU representative, speaks during a press conference after a closed meeting of the Caucasus talks.
France's Pierre Morel, an EU representative, speaks during a press conference after a closed meeting of the Caucasus talks.   (AP Photo/Keystone/Laurent Gillieron)
First Deputy-Minister of Justice of Georgia, Tina Burjaliani, looks on during the ethnic cleansing case between Georgia and Russia at the UN today.
First Deputy-Minister of Justice of Georgia, Tina Burjaliani, looks on during the ethnic cleansing case between Georgia and Russia at the UN today.   (AP Photo/Fred Ernst)
Elderly people seen in a hospice in Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia.
Elderly people seen in a hospice in Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia.   (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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Russia has just walked out of the Geneva talks ... which basically means that Russia has no interest whatsoever at this stage in any diplomatic process. - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili

The Georgian version just doesn't hold water. We deplore the absence of the Georgian delegation but we did not see it as tragic. - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin

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