you could regard it as an example to nagorno-karabakh. and i just want to bring the discussion of this to a close with an example that is relevant today you are personally involved in negotiations on the go a car back you have had nine rounds of consultations. that's a great question alex you know both president a lier for him president sarkozy and came to sochi shortly after the conflict in georgia broke out you know what they told me they said it was a very bad thing bad for the caucasus but then each of them added that it was also a lesson. they said they realized it was better to conduct seemingly endless negotiations on what will happen to nagorno-karabakh whether the region will have a referendum on what the peace treaty would look like rather than go through five days of. i think this is a good example because if our friend in georgia had been a little smarter we could have been meeting in such concern or any other venue today to discuss possible middle of the road solutions for the relations between georgia and its breakaway provi

they realized it was better to conduct seemingly endless negotiations on what will happen to nagorno-karabakh whether the region will have a referendum on what the peace treaty would look like rather than go through five days of or i think this is a good example because if our friend in georgia had been a little smarter we could have been meeting in such a concern or any other venue today to discuss possible middle of the road solutions for the relations between georgia and its breakaway provinces which it would have been a political process i do not know what it would lead to we may never have reached an agreement with the confederation perhaps or what saakashvili did was rip his own country into pieces this is what people are going to remember. talking about the recognition of applies in south ossetia he had said that it's impossible to find common ground with saakashvili but realistically speaking i didn't say we would come to turn agreement i said that if it were not for saakashvili we would be able to restore our diplomatic relations and begin to see a shift on any issue apart from those