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| 'Somalia recognizes Georgia's territorial integrity' |
| 2008-10-04 |
| Somalia has no intention of recognizing Georgia's rebel regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent, despite earlier claims to the contrary, Georgia said Friday. Otherwise they open themselves up to having Puntland and Somaliland recognized. "The Somali side has assured us that the government of Somalia recognizes Georgia's territorial integrity and respects its sovereignty," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Khatuna Iosava told AFP. In Moscow on Wednesday, Somalia's ambassador to Russia, Mohammad Mahmoud Handule, said his government was "preparing to establish diplomatic ties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia as soon as possible." Then they actually stopped to think about the implications... So far only Russia and Nicaragua have recognized the independence of the two Moscow-backed regions, which lay at the center of last month's war between Russia and Georgia. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 So far only Russia and Nicaragua have recognized the independence of the two Moscow-backed regions... Okay. Somalia: NO Up next, Bukina Faso. What say you? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-04 16:01 |
| #2 Somalia sounds pretty confused here even though they have a Handule on this issue. ;-) |
| Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-10-04 08:36 |
| #1 This will scare the Russians. |
| Posted by: Formerly Dan 2008-10-04 08:27 |