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| US condemns Russia over Georgia |
| US Vice-President Dick Cheney has condemned what he described as Russia's "illegitimate" attempt to change
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 4-September-2008
8:19:38 AM |
| Mr Cheney added that Russia's actions during the recent conflict with Georgia had cast doubt on its reliability as an international partner.
He also said the US was fully committed to Georgia's efforts to join Nato.
Mr Cheney was speaking during a visit to Tbilisi a day after the US announced a $1bn (£564m) aid package for Georgia.
He has now flown to Ukraine, where the country's largely pro-Western ruling coalition is becoming increasingly divided in its attitude toward Russia.
The conflict between Georgia and Russia erupted on 7 August after Georgia tried to retake the breakaway region of South Ossetia by force.
Russian forces launched a counter-attack and the conflict ended with the ejection of Georgian troops from South Ossetia and another breakaway region, Abkhazia.
Russia has since recognised the independence of both regions, and earlier this week dismissed Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili as a "political corpse" whose leadership it did not recognise.
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Mr Cheney was speaking at a news briefing in Tbilisi, standing beside President Saakashvili.
"After your nation won its freedom in the Rose Revolution, America came to the aid of this courageous young democracy," Mr Cheney said.
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