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09:07 GMT, May 08, 2008 Latest Headlines...

Georgia not increasing its military presence in conflict area -Kezerashvili (Part 2)

     TBILISI. May 8 (Interfax) - Georgia does not intend to increase its
military  presence  in the Georgia-Ossetia and Georgia-Abkhazia conflict
areas, said Georgian Defense Minister David Kezerashvili.
     "Georgia  has  not  been  increasing anything and is not increasing
anything  near the conflict areas," he told Russian reporters in Tbilisi
on Thursday.
     "Georgia  has not increased and is not increasing anything near the
conflict  areas,"  Kezerashvili  told  Russian  reporters  in Tbilisi on
Thursday.
     "All  soldiers,  all  Georgia's armed forces are currently at their
bases. There is no increasing taking place anywhere," he said.
     Kezerashvili   emphasized  that  the  Georgian  administration  "is
interested in economic revival and doesn't need war."

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