Epress.am News from Armenia
Russia attacking Georgia is a real threat, said Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in a Sept. 12 interview with Newsweek.
“Georgia can’t attack Russia, while a defenseless Georgia is a big temptation for Russia to change our government through military means.
“Every time [Vladimir] Putin has run for president, he has gone to war before. It looks like he will run for reelection, so of course that worries us.
“As part of ongoing security cooperation, we hope that the US will help us with defense-weapons capabilities. But I don’t think there are clear deadlines for anything here,” he said.
Asked whether he feels that the US is forgetting Georgia, the Georgian leader replied in the negative, saying that, in fact, Washington has been supporting Tbilisi.
“Georgia, in fact, has been a testing ground for further improvement between the US and Russia,” he said.