By IRNA,
Berlin : Russia’s ambassador to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin likened Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili with the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and ex-Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic, the daily Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper reported in its Saturday edition.
“President Saakashvili is a war criminal. This is an affront and insult to NATO,” Rogozin said.
“NATO might as well have accepted Saddam Hussein or Slobodan Milosevic,” he added.
The Russian official strongly rejected a NATO membership for Georgia.
Tbilisi is trying to resolve its internal ethnic minority problems through military means by dragging Russia and NATO into it, according to Rogzin.
He stressed Russia had no intention of overthrowing the present Georgian leadership or occupying the Caucasus republic.