As the United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Russia must respect the integrity of Georgia. Rice noted that Washington looked forward to the positive impact of Moscow’s neighbors, but this effect should be in the form of respect for the independence of States, and in the case of Georgia-respect for the territorial integrity of the republic.

“This means not to do anything that would right separatist movements in South Ossetia and Abkhazia claim to independence, “she continued.

Earlier, it was reported that scandal ended UN Security Council meeting on the extension of the mandate of the peacekeeping mission in Abkhazia. The Russian representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin left the meeting. He accused the United States of refusing to issue a visa headed the Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia Sergei Shamba, who did not participate in the discussion.

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