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Georgia denies war plans in South Ossetia
By Matt Robinson Reuters - Tuesday, August 5 08:06 pm
AVNEVI, Georgia (Reuters) - Georgia on Tuesday denied preparing for war in its cosmetic dentistry south florida breakaway South Ossetia region following deadly weekend clashes that have past towns of south carolina raised fears of a new war in the Caucasus.
Russia said amphibious south american rodent it would not be indifferent if there was further violence on its border, escalating a war of words in a region where Moscow and the West are vying for influence over vital energy transit routes.
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But Georgia rejected accusations of indiscriminate shelling of Ossetian-held areas over charleston south geneology the weekend, and denied it was preparing for conflict.
"We are not south asheville yoga center mobilising forces, we are not getting ready for war," deputy Interior Minister Ekaterine Zguladze told pearl vision south florida Reuters in the Georgian-held village of Avnevi in South Ossetia.
"There is no military build-up whatsoever on the Georgian side," said Zguladze. NATO said on Tuesday it was "not aware of any troop concentrations by Georgia in or near South Ossetia."
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Six people died animals of south america on the Ossetian side, and Georgia and South Ossetia have been trading blame ever since.
Tbilisi accused Moscow of "deliberate support for separatist regimes on Georgian land." The Russian peacekeepers, it said, were propping up the South Ossetians.
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It said Tbilisi remained committed to peace talks, which are currently deadlocked.
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NATO said it was following the situation, but that it was not aware of south lake tahoe hot tubes any troop build-up south carolina travel by oxford landing- south australia- sauvignon blanc its ally Georgia.
"We call on all parties to de-escalate the tensions," said alliance spokeswoman Carmen Romero. EU president France called for the "swift resumption" of negotiations.
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(Additional reporting by Conor Sweeney and Dmitry Solovyov in Moscow and Margarita Antidze in Tbilisi; editing by Sami south huntington public library Aboudi)
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