From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/26/2006 8:00 AM
Thursday, October 26, 2006
NATO Head Urges Russia To Lift Georgia Sanctions
Russia -- President Vladimir Putin welcomes NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (L) during their meeting in Moscow, 26Oct2006
Putin (right) welcomes de Hoop Scheffer in Moscow on October 26
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October 26, 2006 -- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer called on Russia today to lift punitive measures it imposed on Georgia in a recent spying row.
De Hoop Scheffer, speaking after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, also urged both sides to show restraint and ease tensions.
And he called on Russia not to link current tensions with Tbilisi with NATO's recent decision to launch an "Intensified Dialogue" with Georgia.
Putin, in a televised appearance on October 25, accused Georgia's government of seeking to use military force to resolve conflicts in its breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Earlier today, Putin praised Russia's ...
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