
Well, that sure was fast. Today for the first time since war broke out between the two countries, delegations from Russia and Georgia met at the United Nations in Geneva for
peace talks aimed at resolving tensions. However, no sooner than the Russians and Georgians decided to meet for talks, they decided not to talk, and
suspended the meetings.
Perhaps neither side has all that much to gain politically at the current juncture while the United States crawls toward the November elections (indeed, they have been postponed until Nov. 18). Some people
believe that the peace talks are just one of many stunts from Georgia in order to keep the international media spotlight pointed in their direction, but this doesn't reconcile with
reports that it was the Russian delegation which stormed out of the Geneva summit.
That makes sense. ...
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