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oldies yes' for cyber is still not quite like anywhere else. falls fifteen goats to. forty kilograms of rice one thousand flatbreads. but why is the bride in a bad mood. now to tell the group he's not the one. to rule it is a done deal. hello again to welcome to spotlight and to show on odd to aisle with knowledge and my

guest in the studio is the need to see if he'll. let her put his meeting with his south to say to counter party has been all over the headlines. during his official a visit to moscow see below try to secure russia's a country's economic growth and the same thing called statehood of south to say what to get for a reply. is in my studio to talk to. the president of south of santiago need to be used to work as high school teacher but you know early eighty's he joined the then k.g.b. after the collapse of the soviet union to build became a chief of south a city 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 in. need

to be able to cool as a president among his stall priorities a recognition of south acetic in the world and continuing off the country's rebuilding after a war. 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 a quote russia assistance so the cd is social and economic development. that's the purpose of your visit to you. so what is this is distance finance we talking about financial aid. there is a new department now established within the president's executive office i 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 our policy and south a city. with you said must go with continue supporting. is this support vital for south. and what if it stops. will be able to survive without this aid. 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. wanted to force all the assyrians to 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. means you are intentionally destroyed this what is he an economy. georgia 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. so 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 that step by step what we can to procrastinate. either. we've already started revolving our agriculture. our republic has always been an agricultural area with the great opportunities for cattle breeding and producing other 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. also saw the cities reaching mineral resources. right. and other minerals.

we just need to prospect our deposits and get an accurate asked amount of what exactly we have. so 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 a city and. so we do it the right way. 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 are working on that. issue of security is another issue which i'm sure you have covered in discussions with president putin and. 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 in 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 whichever you. so i think security is very important to our republic didn't use an issue that. should have you discussed with president putin how long the russian base will

remain as healthy as he. 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 i 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 of sadia 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 clearfield. had not russia intervened with its peace and forced me to operation. at

a russian 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 in 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. she says i need to be president of south spotlight will be back shortly after the break so stay with us.

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welcome back to spotlight. just a reminder my guest in the studio here is to be president of south a city that's meant to be the let's continue discussing if he has relations with russia he recently said that in the future you hope to unite the two c.t.'s is usually. you. if i got it right so 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 the little republics 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. in other 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 one day he will 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 what about the timeframe 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. any party lost the recent election where my own foreign minister designate my up and. said in one

of these days that george's foreign policy would focus him and others on strengthening ties with its neighbors in other words with south as well as normalizing relations with russia. if he didn't mean business what steps should be undertaken to normalize these relations with. what 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. georgia has so far refused to sign a document. binding it to refrain from using force against south a sadia or a policy. and this keeps causing our concern and this is why we are cautious you know how we treat georgia. i see i see a positive. also georgia has yet to recognize its genocide against the syrian people. and there are many more questions that's remain unresolved.

that's every since two thousand and eight the georgian government has repeatedly tried to convince the international community that they were not guilty that the work was but following the recent election. the winner said it was georgia really in particular who had started the war in two thousand and eight actually it's going to know what is it there behind these words and how important to you is this made by georgia's new leader. actually he when he still is not the first person to say this earlier is some other people said 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 vini. and it also placed the blame on georgia and its report. so even if just. each minute is nothing. but actually the whole world knows that it was georgia who attacked a south a sadia. but because of the double standard 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. when.

you've already touched upon the geneva negotiations on security in this health cocoa. through. the end of the day how efficient and productive do you believe these negotiations have been this. if you he takes mutual understanding for talks to be efficient. but new money. and like i said the key office stickle he said georgie is unwilling 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. 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 the to do you think georgia's hypothetical accession to nato would pose a threat to south india so in what way is it something you're 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. where we can impact their decision whether the shooter or shouldn't join nato.

so let georgia make its own decision about 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 of the show if there was need to be a look president. has said and that's it for now after all if you want to have your sales wildlife or have someone in mind you think i should get to the next guy just drop me a line at. are you and that's q. spotlight. we'll be back with more comments on what's going on outside russia until then stay on our team taking. place to.

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