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India to back Russia on Georgia 

-"Like Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, Georgian
President Eduard Shevardnadze wants to
internationalize the issue by bringing NATO observers
into the bilateral format." 
-Shevardnadze, in New Delhi's view has no business to
bring NATO into Russia's backyard.                    
                          



New Delhi, Sept 17, IRNA (Iran) -- India would back
Russia if it launches military strikes in Georgia'
Pankisi Gorge where hundreds of Chechen and other
militants are said to be holed up for anti-Russian
operations, reported media on Tuesday.                
               
According to the Hindustan Times, a New Delhi-based
English daily, the Russia-Georgia dispute brought New
Delhi and Moscow closer in the fight against
terrorism.                                       
It also pits both countries diametrically against the
US which has opposed Russian President Vladimir
Putin's threat of military strike against Georgia
where US troops are based.                     
An Indian official said, "There are close parallels
between India's experience with cross-border terrorism
from bases inside Pakistan and what is going on in the
Georgia-Russia border."          
"Like Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, Georgian
President Eduard Shevardnadze wants to
internationalize the issue by bringing NATO observers
into the bilateral format," he added.                 

India shares Putin's assessment that only a joint
Russian-Georgian framework for cooperation against the
Chechens in the Pankisi Gorge region can work.        
                                              
Shevardnadze, in New Delhi's view has no business to
bring NATO into Russia's backyard.                    
                          
The matter came up for discussions during India's
External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha's recent
talks with his Russian and Chinese counterparts in New
York.                                     


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