By RIA Novosti,
Riga : Georgia prefers dialog and cooperation with Moscow to Russia’s international isolation, the Georgian parliamentary speaker told Latvian lawmakers on Thursday during a visit to Riga.
“Georgia does not call for Russia’s isolation, it is for dialog and cooperation, based on the norms of humanity and international law,” David Bakradze said in his address to the Lativan parliament.
The Georgian official also thanked Latvia for its position on the five-day conflict between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia in August.
The Saeima, Latvia’s parliament, expressed its support for Georgia after Russia sent its military into South Ossetia in response to the Georgian offensive against the breakaway republic on August 8, which left hundreds of civilians dead.
Moscow subsequently recognized the republic and Abkhazia, another separatist Georgian region, as independent states.
Latvia also supports Georgia’s integration into the EU and the granting of a NATO Membership Action Plan to the Caucasus republic.