Article: Georgia accuses Russian State Duma of interference

Georgia accuses Russian State Duma of interference

MOSCOW, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Georgia on Monday accused the Russian State Duma, the lower house of parliament, of trying to interfere in its internal affairs by recognizing the independence of Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Itar- Tass news agency reported.

The statement made by the Russian State Duma Friday violated the norms of international laws and the basic principles of the UN Charter, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said Monday.

The State Duma's call on the Russian president and the government to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia makes Georgia angry and uneasy, the ministry pointed ...

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