Russia offers Turkey to partition Georgia, reports claim
Russia has made a proposal to Turkey to "split up"
Georgia, Georgian media reports.
Moscow is reportedly preparing to launch talks with Ankara on Ajaria, an autonomous region within Georgia, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has sent a letter to his Turkish counterpart, Ali Babacan, in this regard.
The reports claimed that to divide Georgia, Russia is attempting to stage riots in Georgia`s Samskhe-Javakhetia region, which is densely populated by Armenians. These actions are part of Moscow`s plan to split the country into small principalities and annex them to other states.
It is of note that at the time these reports were circulating, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a visit to Georgia. Erdogan visited the town of Batumi where he attended the opening of the Sarp border checkpoint with President Mikheil Saakashvili.
Relations between Moscow and Tbilisi soured after a military stand-off in Georgia`s breakaway republic of South Ossetia. Georgia launched large-scale military operations to restore its territorial integrity on August 8, 2008. Moscow retaliated by sending troops to the pro-Russian region, which struck at the Georgian armed forces using overwhelming force. A ceasefire was, subsequently, reached on August 17 with the mediation of French President Nicolas Sarkozy to end the brief war, whereby Russia and Georgia agreed to return to the positions they held prior to the outbreak of hostilities.
On August 26, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and another Georgian rebel region, Abkhazia. Tbilisi, the United States and numerous European powers condemned the move.
Moscow is reportedly preparing to launch talks with Ankara on Ajaria, an autonomous region within Georgia, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has sent a letter to his Turkish counterpart, Ali Babacan, in this regard.
The reports claimed that to divide Georgia, Russia is attempting to stage riots in Georgia`s Samskhe-Javakhetia region, which is densely populated by Armenians. These actions are part of Moscow`s plan to split the country into small principalities and annex them to other states.
It is of note that at the time these reports were circulating, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a visit to Georgia. Erdogan visited the town of Batumi where he attended the opening of the Sarp border checkpoint with President Mikheil Saakashvili.
Relations between Moscow and Tbilisi soured after a military stand-off in Georgia`s breakaway republic of South Ossetia. Georgia launched large-scale military operations to restore its territorial integrity on August 8, 2008. Moscow retaliated by sending troops to the pro-Russian region, which struck at the Georgian armed forces using overwhelming force. A ceasefire was, subsequently, reached on August 17 with the mediation of French President Nicolas Sarkozy to end the brief war, whereby Russia and Georgia agreed to return to the positions they held prior to the outbreak of hostilities.
On August 26, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and another Georgian rebel region, Abkhazia. Tbilisi, the United States and numerous European powers condemned the move.
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