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Russia wants S. Ossetia, Abkhazia to take part in UN talks
RBC, 05.09.2008, Moscow 16:31:41.Russia hopes that the US will not act to prevent South Ossetian and Abkhaz representatives from participating in the upcoming discussions of the Georgia-Abkhazia and Georgia-Ossetia conflicts to be held at the UN headquarters in New York, said spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Andrei Nesterenko. He reiterated that, following current international practice, South Ossetia and Abkhazia have the right to explain their point of view on the recent events in the Caucasus. When asked about the possibility of holding a UN Security Council meeting in Switzerland, Nesterenko expressed concern that the US might not grant Swiss visas to South Ossetia and Abkhazia representatives.
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