Cheney says Georgia's territory must remain intact

[JonLP24]

Source: Associated Press

ROME (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney insisted Tuesday that Georgia's territorial integrity must be respected, after Russia announced it would keep a military presence in two Georgian breakaway provinces and moved to establish diplomatic ties with them.

Cheney said the international community was united in condemning Russia's military action in Georgia and "its unilateral efforts to alter by force of arms Georgia's internationally recognized boundaries."

"The international community supports the independence and territorial integrity of Georgia and calls for the peaceful resolution of this dispute based on good-faith discussions among the parties," Cheney said, after holding talks with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi in Rome.

Russia and Georgia fought for five days last month over the separatist region of South Ossetia. Moscow has since recognized South Ossetia and another breakaway region, Abkhazia.

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[Bob Dobbs]

1. It's all about the pipeline.

As with everything dick, oil is all.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. Or what? n/t

[AlphaCentauri]

3. Palin would say Alaska's territory must remain intact

after their independance

[Tempest]

4. Cheney can insist all he wants

No one is listening to him.