Russia believes that it is entitled to create problems in neighboring countries - Georgian President

Russia regards neighboring countries as their territorial property, and gives itself the right to rigid methods operate on the territory of other sovereign states. The president of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili said during a speech at the session Zone fluctuations: the European Neighbourhood Policy ", dedicated to the problems of security of the" Eastern Partnership "in the framework of the forum GLOBSEC, reports "Georgia Online" .

"Russian politicians are sending a very clear message: basically, we are talking about Russia's attitude to the neighboring countries. She sees them as a "territorial property", - the Georgian president said, adding that the Russian Federation considers that it is entitled to tough action by the use of military force in the neighboring countries, which not only prevents solution of the problem, but creates more problems and threats to the future of the region ; moreover, it brings difficulties and Russia.

Giorgi Margvelashvili talked about the current situation in Georgia and its occupied territories, as well as the significance of the country's geopolitical role in Europe. He stressed that European security is unimaginable security of Georgia and other countries of "Eastern Partnership". Particular attention is paid to the President of Georgia the Russian neighborhood policy and existing threats in the region.

The Georgian leader stressed that no one knows where the problems arise in the future, but "we have announced range of potential hazards; we know about the Russian policy, which speaks of the "zone of privileged interests" and says that in these areas, it has a right to carry out the first reaction and be efficient and effective; when we look at this space "privileged interests", we understand that this is half of the Eurasian continent - Russia's neighbors. "

As he said, hitherto existing examples show that, if there is any problem, complexity, instability, provoked from inside or outside, Russia responds first.

"So when we talk about the forecasts, in the case of some tension in all the countries neighboring Russia, it is already possible to think that it will grow into a big problem," - said Margvelashvili.

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