Antony Blinken: Russia invaded Georgia in 2008, thirteen years later nearly 300,000 Georgians are still displaced from their homes- kavkazplus.com

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Antony Blinken: Russia invaded Georgia in 2008, thirteen years later nearly 300,000 Georgians are still displaced from their homes

21.01.22 11:00

Russia invaded it in 2008. Thirteen years later, nearly 300,000 Georgians are still displaced from their homes, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a visit to Berlin.

“All the former Soviet socialist republics became sovereign nations in 1990 and 1991. One of them is Georgia. Russia invaded it in 2008. Thirteen years later, nearly 300,000 Georgians are still displaced from their homes. Another is Moldova. Russia maintains troops and munitions there against the will of its people. If Russia invades and occupies Ukraine, what’s next? Certainly, Russia’s efforts to turn its neighbors into puppet states, to control their activities, to crack down on any spark of democratic expression will intensify.

Once the principles of sovereignty and self-determination are thrown out, you revert to a world in which the rules we shaped together over decades erode and then vanish”, he said.

According to him, Russia says the problem is NATO, but that’s absurd.

“Now alternatively, Russia says the problem is NATO. On its face, that’s absurd. NATO didn’t invade Georgia; NATO didn’t invade Ukraine. Russia did.

NATO is a defensive Alliance with no aggressive intent toward Russia. To the contrary, efforts by NATO to engage Russia have gone on for years, and unfortunately, been rejected”, said Blinken.

source: IPN

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