The conflict between Georgia and Russia persists by Ana Maria Ciobanu

The conflict between Georgia and Russia, which occurred because of a missile weighing about a ton which landed in a farmer's yard, needs to come to an end. Georgia initially stated that the missile had been fired by Russian jets. Russia immediately denied any involvement concerning the missile. USA and Europe immediately interfered and asked the two countries to work out the conflict rationally and cool off as soon as possible. Till Wednesday this didn't look like it was going to happen because Georgia kept accusing Russia and Russia, of course, kept denying everything. Maybe Georgia made an official statement on Wednesday to simply end the conflict; we can't know for sure why the missile appeared 65 km west of Tbilisi. The official statement for Reuters suggested that the missile was dumped by a Russian pilot after coming under fire from separatist forces in South Ossetia. Russia officials continued to deny any implications and Georgia is ready to request a special meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss what it called an "act of aggression". Georgia's President is a U.S.-trained lawyer who has managed to pull his country out of Russia's orbit. He stated Tbilisi's answer to Moscow's aggression will be calm and measured. Mikhail Saakashvili also urged the Western nations to condemn Russia's attitude because of their bullying attitude towards their pro-Western neighbors.

by Ana Maria Ciobanu for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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