The U.S. has recognized that due to "reset" Abkhazia and South Ossetia remain under occupation.
Foreign Policy writes on toothless and virtually treacherous policy of Obama's administration in respect to Georgia report. It notes in particular:
"Ever since President Barack Obama took office, his administration has refused to sell military equipment to Georgia. In a newly released WikiLeaks cable, the U.S. ambassador to Russia made the argument that U.S. military support to Georgia is unwise because it would upset the U.S.-Russian "reset".
"The decision to move to a more solid military ties with Georgia will jeopardize our efforts to restart the relationship with Russia, writes in his dispatch of June 2009, U.S. Ambassador John Byerly.
"A decision to move towards a more robust military relationship with Georgia will imperil our efforts to re-start relations with Russia," read a June 2009cable signed by U.S. Ambassador John Beyrle.
"Our assessment is that if we say ‘yes' to a significant military relationship with Tbilisi, Russia will say ‘no' to any medium-term diminution in tensions, and feel less constrained absent reverting to more active opposition to critical U.S. strategic interests".
The U.S.-Russia reset policy is not as important to Russia as its "absolute" priority of expanding its influence in Eurasia, Beyrle wrote.
He said that sending military supplies to Georgia would cause Russia to backtrack on other areas of U.S.-Russia cooperation, including joint action to pressure Iran.
Besides, the Russians don't think that the United States possesses the power to force a resolution to the situation in the disputed territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which Russia has occupied since the end of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, Beyrle explained in the leaked cable.
Although Beyrle's cable does not represent U.S. official policy, some experts see a White House keen to adopt its candid recommendations.
"As the U.S. ambassador to Russia, naturally he is going to a focus on a better relationship with Russia, so you can't say this necessarily this trickles up to the Obama administration's policy," said Petersen, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.
"But a senior official at State is clearly saying we should throw Georgia under the bus", writes the Foreign Policy.
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