Russia to Scrap Visas for Georgians if Law Lifted


By RIA Novosti  reporter


March 14, 2012


Abstract : Presents the Russian foreign Minister, annoucing that Moscow is ready to scrap visas requirements for Georgians only if Tbilisi gives up the law penalizing Russians visiting Abkhasia and South Ossetia.


Quotation : "When [Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili] declared that every Russian can enter Georgia without a visa, he forgot to point out that Georgia has a law about occupied territories whereby any person who has visited south Ossetia or Abkhazia since the [2008] war, which was begun by Saakashvili, is subject to criminal proceedings in Georgia, with a possible prison term of two to four years," Sergei Lavrov told the lower house of parliament on Wednesday.


Index terms : LAVRON, Sergei ; Georgia ; Russia ; Abkhasia ; South Ossetia ; SAAKASCHVILI, Mikheil ; Visas ; controversial laws


Source : RIA Novosti  http://en.rian.ru/
URL : http://en.rian.ru/russia/20120314/172154200.html


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