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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9782

14 November 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/russia
Russia hopes to conclude sound agreement with EU, says Medvedev - Independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia is “irreversible”

Brussels, 13/11/2008 (Agence Europe) - On the eve of the EU/Russia summit in Nice on Friday, which among other things is to tackle the situation in Georgia (EUROPE 9781), Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev reiterated in an interview granted to the French daily, Le Figaro, on 13 November that the independence of South Ossetia and of Abkhazia (at this stage only recognised by Russia and Nicaragua) was “irreversible”. He also intimated that Moscow had no intention of withdrawing its troops...

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