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  • IRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says at a news conference urges Georgia and Russia to reduce tensions between their countries following a meeting in Tehran with his Georgian counterpart, Gela Bezhvashvili

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IRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says at a news conference urges Georgia and Russia to reduce tensions between their countries following a meeting in Tehran with his Georgian counterpart, Gela Bezhvashvili

Iran on Sunday (October 22) urged Georgia and Russia to reduce tensions between their countries. "Iran, as a friend of Georgia and Russia, invited its friends (Georgia and Russia) to show restraint and asked them to negotiate over their mutual issues," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said at a news conference following a meeting in Tehran with his Georgian counterpart, Gela Bezhvashvili. Russia cut transport and postal links with Georgia after Tbilisi briefly detained four Russian army officers on spying charges last month. Some Georgians have been deported from Russia, Georgian businesses have been shut down and police have asked some schools to provide lists of pupils with Georgian-sounding names. Moscow has been irked by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili's pursuit of NATO and EU membership, while Georgia accuses Russia of backing separatists by giving aid and Russian passports to residents of the breakaway territories.

ITN Source | October 23, 2006Watch more videos from ITN Source

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