Medvedev: Aid ships arm Georgia
2008-08-26 21:43
Moscow - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
accused the United States of shipping arms to Georgia on US
naval vessels through Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti, in an
interview on Tuesday with the BBC.
When asked if Russia was mounting a blockade of ships off
Poti Medvedev replied: "There is no blockade. Any ship can get
in, American and others are bringing in humanitarian cargoes.
"And what the Americans call humanitarian cargoes - of
course, they are bringing in weapons."
The American warship USS McFaul was due to dock in Poti on
Wednesday to deliver humanitarian aid there, the US Embassy in
Tbilisi told Reuters.
Other US naval vessels are due in the
same area in the next few days.
- Reuters