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hello again welcome to spotlight. on. the studio. see below. let me put. south to say to you has been all over the headlights. during his visit to moscow to try to secure russia trees economic growth and something called state of south. what to get. is in my studio to talk to. the president of south. used to work as high school teacher but you know early eighty's he joined the k.g.b. after the collapse of the soviet union to build became a chief of south of intelligence during the georgia south acetic conflict in the

ninety's the major general played a key role in the internationally mediated peacemaking efforts last april and i need to be able to coover as president among his stall priority is a recognition of south in the world and continuing on countries rebuilding. elyssa to believe welcome to the show. hello yes let's start with the visit to moscow. this is your first official visit here. by president putin invited to discuss i quote russia's assistance so the cd is social and economic development. that's the purpose of your visit to you. so what is this is distance. we talking about financial aid.

there is a new department now established within the president's executive office you mean the russian president yes there is a special department for social and economic deals exclusively with south a city but just to clarify it doesn't deal only with us to see here or because he is well. it works with both a policy and south a city after meeting with you said moscow would continue supporting. is this support vital for south. and what if it stopped. he'd be able to survive without this is. south a city it definitely needs the it has been receiving from russia. this is because georgia has been khorassan south of syria for the past twenty years . so. the events of nine hundred

eighty nine are still fresh in our memories. the situation was very difficult. georgian nationalism revealed its true colors. their slogan was georgia for georgians. who wanted to force all the assyrians south a city. they wanted us to flee. to russia. to russia of course this is always been the only option for us. and this had a very negative effect on our economy and infrastructure. do you mean georgia intentionally destroyed the south is he an economy. ga clearly violated all the

agreements we had and wiped out everything in south a say yeah but what exactly had you had. when we were still in autonomy our agriculture in our industry actually did pretty well. we had twenty seven production facilities in south the city. but then georgians destroyed practically everything. which you are seeing in essence is the public would not be able to survive without russian aid. it would be very hard for us to survive without this support. because you talk about rebuilding your economy in one of your recent

interviews he said that. expected to develop a healthy efficient economy within the next eighteen months or so. but given its current devastation that would require an economic miracle. i think we should do it step by step what we can to procrastinate. either. we were already started revolving our agriculture. our republic has always been an agricultural area with a great opportunities for cattle breeding and producing rather a greek culture of goods. we also used to produce grain and basically all other kinds of products. so i think if we go back to this same level of agricultural development. our country will become self-sufficient in terms of these products. and the same goes

for our industries. you're also saw the cities reaching mineral resources. right. other minerals. we just need to prospect our deposits and get an accurate asked amount of what exactly we have. basically south a city has every element that's on the periodic table. so i think that will definitely work on developing our economy. also just as an example we have a lot of mineral springs in south the city and there will. so if we do it the right way yes. we can supply drinking water but also.

as you know. quality mineral water is in high demand on the market today. it's least i can tell you that here in moscow tap water is appalling. so i think if we concentrate on these matters we can gradually develop our economy over the next several years so that our contrie would no longer need this much aid from russia. so we're working on that. issue of security is another issue which i'm sure you have covered in discussions with president putin. this is you know with the russian troops stationed in south. what is russia's role in maintaining your security. we discussed evora radio we

shoes during our meeting and of course security is always high on the g.n.d. . but also at the ball i have to say that the current situation in south a city he's a very different from what it used to be prior to the. two thousand and eight war. the fifty eighth army now has a base south a sadia base number four. also russian border guards now patrol our borders together with our forces you mean you guard your borders jointly with russian troops our border guards and the russian border guards protect the border together so they stand there post side by side they work together which you. should still. so i think security is

very important to our republic. have you discussed with president putin how long the russian base will remain in southeast bilis agreement is for forty nine years with an option for a fifteen year extension but that's kind of the cross that we. i see when you invited president putin. he said a quote it would be in jail in the event. that i did that what makes putin visit special. i'd like to see that the people of south assyria are very grateful to russia to the russian government and especially to president putin and. the decisions taken in august two thousand and eight have truly determined our future. as you may know george's

attack on south a city it was code named operation clear field. had not russia intervened with its peace and forstmann top aeration. to russia not recognized south a city is independence the situation it could have been very different. so as a person who has witnessed everything that happened in south the city in the august of two thousand and eight and even a prior to that. i can say that president putin has me a major contribution. to the improvements we see in our republic today. that's why i genuinely think that his visit would mean a lot to our people. says

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welcome back to spotlight. just a reminder my guest in the studio here is to be left president of south a city this meant to be that let's continue discussing if he is relations with russia he recently said that in the future you hope to unite the two c.t.'s is usually. you. got it right so this used to be a part of georgia and north the seat here is a region within the russian federation so do you mean to say that the two publics would unite into a sovereign independent state or as part of the russian federation. and you have

to realize that the assyrians are divided people. divided by a mountain range. yes by a mountain range but. now the words are people have been artificially divided and this division is causing a lot of hardy people both in the southern and northern parts of a city and. today we are in an independent state. but we never give up on the dream. and want to see you choose eventually come true. we know it won't happen overnight. but i do hope that

want to be one nation again. so after all do you contemplate an independent state or being part of the russian federation how do you see yourself actually i have already answered this question. should be together is part of russia. and that is exactly why we have kept the ruble as your national currency. but actually. this is not the only reason we use the russian ruble as our currency. but i know the time frame will take years we're possibly decades i think it is difficult to set a timeline here i agree but any assumptions i think we should move in this direction that we. turn to georgia where really any party lost in recent elections why our foreign minister designate my up and. said one of

these days that georgia's foreign policy would focus. on strengthening ties with its neighbors in other words with south as well as normalizing relations with russia. if he did as mean business what steps should be undertake to normalize these relations with. punchy kids says is true and there are some forces in georgia who are intent on the building a healthy relationship with its neighbors this is a good sign. but in any case georgia has a long way to go. and you know i would like to stress that right now we have no ties whatsoever with georgia. so

we do discuss some aspects of post conflict settlement support of the geneva talks . which is a serious platform for post-war talks. over georgia has so far refused to sign a document. binding need to refrain from using force against south a sadia or a posse. and this keeps causing our concern and this is why we are cautious you know how we treat georgia. i see i see. also georgia has yet to recognize its genocide against the syrian people. and there are many more questions that's remain unresolved.

ever since two thousand and eight the georgian government has repeatedly tried to convince the international community that they were not guilty that the word but following the recent election. the winner said it was georgia and secretary in particular who had started the war in two thousand and three it's going to know what is there behind these words and how important to you is this made by george's new leader. actually he when he still is not the first person to say this earlier is some other people said that it was circus really who started the war. but at that time there was nobody openly condemned what he did. there was also an

independent commission chaired by a high d'italia dini. and it also placed the blame on georgia in its report. so even if released. each minute is nothing. but actually the whole world knows that it was georgia who attacked to south a sadia. but because of the double standards and the international community turned a blind eye to what actually happened in two thousand and eight two. so i really don't think that even an issue really is teeth meant i will make much difference to our relations. in the.

e.u. of course you've already touched upon the geneva negotiations on security in the south caucasus. through. the end of the day how efficient and productive do you believe these negotiations have been. if you he takes mutual understanding for talks to be efficient. on the money. and like i said the key office tacl he said georgie is on a willing to sign the agreement that's been drawn up by the south acedia a policy and russia on the known use of force against these countries. super brought you with us. i want to stress unless you would you agree stu signed these documents we can truly say these talks are efficient or

productive. in this sense particularly. but i do believe the ingenue with talks are your only platform for discussing. settlement of this conflict conflict so i think we continue should. talks you know a final question of the recent election in georgia mistake really said they georgia would continue developing closer ties with the west including nato do you think georgia's hypothetical accession to nato would pose a threat to south india in what way is it something you worried about. georgia has already demonstrated how it can be a threat to south acedia. and as for plans that the georgian authorities me have. it is up to them to decide what they want to do. we cannot impact their decision whether the shooter or shouldn't join nato.

sole lead georgia make its own decision about it what is important to us is that our country's independence has been recognised by such a great power as russia and for obvious reasons will stick to this policy. spicier thank you thank you very much for being with us and just a reminder that my guest on the show today was to feel the president of south sect and that's it for now from all of if you want to have your sales wildlife or have someone in mind if you think i should get to the next guy just drop me a line at. r.u. and that's q. spotlight in three you will be back with more comments on what's going on in and outside russia until then today on our team taking. place to.

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