Moscow calls on world to stop selling weapons to Georgia – official

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Moscow insists that the international community should refrain from selling weaponry to Georgia, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin has said.

“A number of patrons of the 'Georgian democracy' are still seeking to use every pretext to re-equip Georgia's military and involve them in various international operations,” Karasin said in an interview with Itar-Tass news agency. Therefore, he went on, Russia calls for an arms embargo on Georgia which should primarily refer to offensive weapons and military hardware.

According to the diplomat, this measure would considerably reduce the risks of recurrences of Georgian aggression. It is now a fact that “a larger part of the world community has finally learnt… the truth about the August 2008 events in South Ossetia,” he said.

“It was Mikhail Saakashvili who gave a barbaric order to attack peaceful Tskhinval, to shoot at South Ossetian people and Russian peacekeepers. And it is an established fact,” he stated.

Things seem to be heating up around the area. Just about a week ago, Saakashvili told Georgia to prepare for war with Russia. Considering how the US is an ally of Georgia, I could see how this could have a major effect.

Its only been 2 years since the last war between Russia and Georgia. Itll be interesting to see how Georgia handles this.

oops, was already posted earlier. thread is here Link