Georgia preparing a new war?June 19, 2009 - 19:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgian Lieutenant Alik Bzhania, who defected to Russia seeking political asylum, said his decision was prompted by unwillingness to participate in the new war against Abkhzaia and South Ossetia."I am against Sahakashvili's course of declaring a new war against Abkhazia and South Ossetia. I don't want to participate in a war with Russia," he told a press conference in Moscow. Georgian deserter said he had met with met many Navy Officers who were also against Georgia's domestic and foreign policy course but are forced to remain silent. "If anyone says a single word, he'll be dismissed from service and sent to jail. Phone conversations are also eavesdropped," RIA Novosti quote Bzhania as saying. Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |