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"The West is advancing its brazen policy of dragging this region into NATO in total disregard of the countries people, in addition to ignoring the lessons of history or simple diplomatic courtesies," Lavrov said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Feb. 5 that the crisis in Venezuela could only be solved by getting the authorities and the opposition to talk to each other, the RIA news agency reported.

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Russia's Ministry of Defense said on Aug. 30 it would hold naval exercises in the Mediterranean Sea from Sept. 1 to Sept. 8 and that 25 vessels and 30 planes would take part, the TASS news agency reported.

Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Aug. 13 a four-way Syria summit "is planned in the upcoming future", with the leaders of Russia, France, Turkey and Germany attending.

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"These regions on part of Georgia. They are not part of Russia and the United States continues to support Georgia's sovereignty, its independence and also its territorial integrity within the internationally recognized borders," said US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert.

Brnabic, who is the first prime minister of Serbia on an official visit to Georgia, and Bakhtadze said during the talks that the relations of the two countries are good and traditionally friendly and that in the coming period they will work on intensifying cooperation in different areas.

According to the Serbian government, Brnabic andwill discusse cooperation of the two countries with Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bahtadze.

Brnabic will also meet with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Georgian Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze.

BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is insisting that Georgia will one day join the world's biggest security alliance, despite separatist ambitions in parts of the former Soviet republic.

Ankara fully supports the territorial integrity of neighboring Georgia, the Turkish Foreign Ministry stated on May 30, following the Syrian regime's decision to recognize the breakaway Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.