BIDEN Issues Statement on Recent Outbreak of Fighting in Georgia
August 7, 2008
Washington, DC – Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) today issued this statement following the recent outbreak of violence in Georgia:
“Russia should act immediately to restore calm in the Georgian region of South Ossetia. The violence that has erupted there, apparently at the instigation of South Ossetian militants, is a grave threat to regional security. I welcome Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s call for calm and restraint, and strongly encourage South Ossetians, along with the Russian peacekeepers who ostensibly maintain order in the area, to bring an immediate end to the fighting. The world will be watching - and expects Russia to live up to its commitments.”
