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and could get a final, definitive and unambiguous reply to the question you have put now. As it was... As was
previously said on these by our President, we should sent to Iran a respectful but an unambiguous message to the
effect that it's in the... In the best interest of Iran itself to adhere to all... To accede to all of the documents as
published by the iaea and probably to the additional protocol as well so that it could be proved what we hear
from the Iranian quarters to the effect that they have absolutely no plans to develop any nuclear weapons.
Q: on the issue of proliferation, what is Russia's stance on stopping that, even by boarding ships on the
high seas?
Ivanov: yeah. I know this pretty well. Russia prefers to proceed from around the agreed concerted action
to be taken by the international community, international law rules in the first place within the framework of the
UN and possibly, as I previously said, in joint agreements as worked out collectively within a framework of
different international institutions, for example within the framework of the G8 countries, industrialized states.
Q: KDN radio of Georgia. So my first question, how do you imagine the future relations between
Georgia and Russia considering Russian bases, Abkhazian conflict and Russia's role in it. And my... Another
question: will Russia's strike Georgia if Moscow has some information about removing, for example, boyeviks or
some... Something like that on the territory of Georgia from maybe Chechnya and some other places...
Ivanov: excuse me, can you repeat the second part of your question. I didn't get it.
Q: will Russia strike Georgia...
Ivanov: in case...?
Q: in case Moscow has any information about boyeviks from Chechnya removing...
Ivanov: ah! Boyeviks.
Q: yes.
Ivanov: nobody understands such word in English. Now I get it.
Q: and one more. Why Russia never... Why Russia never participates in PFP exercises in Georgia? Is it
protest... A form of protest?
Ivanov: I'm afraid there are too many questions. You asked three. Let me... Not to forget all of them. As
for the first question referred to me, as for the relationship between Russia and Georgia, naturally enough, this
was something which was not discussed today. I can't add or deduct anything.
As for the Russia-Georgia relationship, we, the Russians, need just one simple basic thing so that from the
Georgian territory there would not emanate any threats to the Russian Federation in the shape of penetration,
infiltration of the very different rabble. From around the world. You know, each animal has a pair for that if we
are to use a Biblical expression from Georgian territory to Russia so that backing up terrorists and gunmen
would be as stopped, who are now acting on... A bit lesser scale than previously a couple of years ago on our
territory. Nothing more is needed by us.
As for the bases, the two Russian military bases stationed upon Georgian territory, well, this is a matter of
bilateral Russian-Georgian negotiations which are currently underway. Now, other Russian military bases are
there.
As for the Abkhazian settlement issue, the Russian peacekeeper force, I would like underscore this fact,
not their base but the peacekeeper force under the UN mandate has been... Have been operative there for many
years now and over this time over 90 Russian soldiers died. We have to prevent an escalation to go out into an
open, armed confrontation until there is a CIS mandate, Russia is willing to fulfill those peacekeeper functions
and I forgot the last question.
Q: invitation...
Ivanov: Russia takes part... Is part of the PFP and in concord activities under this program where it sees
for itself at least some... A modicum of practical use for itself...benefit for itself. It's quite thoughtless to expand
budgets sums on you know not what, for and we're not going to do that. And we invite all of our partners, as it
was the case previously in the Pacific Ocean even back then we are co-operating with a number of states, say
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