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| | FT.com / World / Europe - Georgia and Russia at impasse, says new premier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05) |
 | | Relations between Russia and Georgia have reached a stalemate that jeopardises Georgia's efforts to restore stability and its territorial integrity, Zurab Nogaideli, the country's new prime minister, has told the Financial Times. |
 | | In his first interview since taking office, Mr Nogaideli said a recent visit by Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, had failed to achieve a breakthrough in the relationship between the two countries, which has turned increasingly sour during the past year. |
 | | Mr Nogaideli, former finance minister in the government of Zurab Zhvania, who died of carbon monoxide poisoning this month, had said: "For us the most important problem in the relationship with Russia is the resolution of conflicts on our territory. |
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