22:17, 26 February 2007

Embassy of the Russian Federation refutes the statement of the Georgian parliamentary

The Russian Embassy has drawn attention to mass media reports about a statement made by Mr. G. Targamadze, Chairman of the Committee for Defence and Security of the Parliament of Georgia, that Mr. V. Kovalenko, Russia's Ambassador to Georgia, allegedly held some negotiations with a number of Georgian political parties on the issue, as one could understand, on Georgia's neutrality and its non-accession to NATO.

"They are quoting Mr. G. Targamadze's statements, in which he asserts with a high degree of conviction that the Kremlin has devised some 'Anti-NATO' program for Georgia," the press release disseminated today by the Russia Embassy runs.

"Of course, it is well-known that Mr. G. Targamadze is a person who has a lot of strange fantasies about Russia in stock, and it is probably useless to comment on his another one. Needless to say that none of the above insinuations has anything to do with reality," the statement remarks.

Last week, Givi Targamadze stated that leaders of Labourites and Traditionalists, while fulfilling the "Kremlin order" stand against Georgia's acceding NATO.

Author: Alena Aleschenko, CK correspondent