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Moscow doubts Saakashvili's sincerity - Foreign ministry

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Russia is uncertain over the sincerity of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's remarks on the peaceful resolution of conflicts with Russia expressed during his speech to the European Parliament, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

Russia is uncertain over the sincerity of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's remarks on the peaceful resolution of conflicts with Russia expressed during his speech to the European Parliament, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Moscow has paid attention to the Georgian president's address to the European Parliament. This speech, if to remove the rhetoric and compilation of poetic quotes, makes an ambiguous impression," the statement said.

On Tuesday, Saakashvili delivered his speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, saying that Georgia would "never use force to restore its territorial integrity and sovereignty and will only use peaceful means to ensure the withdrawal of the occupation forces and its reunification."

Commenting on the Georgian-Russian five-day war, Saakashvili said that "even if the Russian Federation refuses to pull out [its] occupation forces...in case of attack, Georgia will only reserve the right to defend the 80% of the territory that the Georgian government controls."

Georgia and Russia fought a brief war in South Ossetia in August. Russia recognized South Ossetia and another former Georgian republic, Abkhazia, as independent states shortly after the ceasefire. Tbilisi has declared them occupied territories and broken off relations with Moscow.

In an interview with France's Le Figaro newspaper, the Georgian president also said his country should become a real European country.

"We cannot end up like Afghanistan or Chechnya," Saakashvili said.

MOSCOW, November 24 (RIA Novosti) 

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