Swish for Saakashvili

Saakashvili scores again. Promising to reunite Georgia, he’s successfully pushed Abkhazia and South Ossetia into the international spotlight and (rightfully) portrayed his country as a victim of Russian meddling and aggression.

GUAM-member states have successfully lobbied for a discussion of “protected conflicts”Â? in the Black Sea-South Caucasus region at the 61st UN General Assembly, despite Russia’s objection.

[...] The Russian Federation’s representative noted that “the insistence on including the item was aimed at undermining existing mechanisms to negotiate settlements of the conflicts.”Â? Discussing the secessionist conflicts at the Session is part of Georgia’s policy to intensify international efforts to peacefully resolve the Abkhazia and South Ossetian conflicts.

The article goes on to note that Saakashvili is already preparing to leave for New York where he’ll participate in the upcoming session of the UN General Assembly. Russia’s continued meddling to sow instability and prevent foreign investment is having the opposite effect. The harder they try, the further Georgia moves into the Western orbit. It seems Moscow will never learn

More on Russia’s meddling, microstates and frozen conflicts tomorrow.

And in related news, it seems the Ukraine is kicking Russians out along the Black Sea.