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US urges Russia to avoid provocation in South Ossetia
Tue Aug 5, 5:28 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Washington Tuesday urged Moscow to avoid provocation in Georgia's separatist region of South Ossetia, after a diplomat said Russia was prepared to defend its citizens living there in case of conflict.
"We don't believe that now is the time for any parties to be acting in a south dakota flag provocative way," said US State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos.
"We believe that the violence should stop and all parties should begin a discussion so south dakota medication aide class that they can move forward towards settling the situation," he added.
Gallegos' statement followed a comment by Moscow's negotiator on South Ossetia, ambassador-at-large Yury Popov, that Russia would intervene in the separatist region if its citizens were in danger.
"If events develop in the worst possible way, with the use of force, Russia will not be able to stand south carolina law kidnapping statute by seeing as Russian citizens live in South Ossetia," Popov was quoted as saying by Russia's Interfax news agency.
South Ossetia has evacuated hundreds of women and children to Russia over the past few days after six people were killed on Friday by sniper and mortar fire from Georgian positions, the rebel province's government said.
Georgia has denied readying for war and said there is no major evacuation.
A Georgian government spokeswoman told AFP that Georgian and South Ossetian officials have theater in south lake tahoe ca agreed to hold direct talks on Thursday for the first time in a decade amid tensions in the mountain province.
The European Union on Tuesday expressed "grave concern" at the upsurge of tension in South Ossetia and south sound baseball called for "moderation and the swift resumption of the negotiations" south carolina retirement system toward a peaceful settlement, in which the EU would be willing to help.
The United States on Monday urged the deployment in South Ossetia of additional observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
South Ossetia broke away from the rest of Georgia moreton bay new south wales au after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 in a conflict that killed thousands of people.
Tensions between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia and another south park season episodes breakaway Georgian region, Abkhazia, have soared in recent months since Moscow announced it was boosting ties with the separatists.
Georgia accuses Moscow of seeking to annex venu south indian flute the two regions and derail its efforts to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization military alliance, which Russia vehemently opposes.
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