Saakashvili fears Russia would stop him returning home
(08-27 17:25)
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said he will not leave Georgia because he fears Russia would prevent him from returning home, in an interview with a German newspaper.
''If I leave Georgia then the Russians will close our airspace and prevent me from returning home,'' Saakashvili was quoted as saying by the German daily Bild.
For this reason the Georgian leader said he would not attend an emergency European Union summit in Brussels on Monday called to discuss the crisis in the Caucasus, according to the newspaper.
He said that he wanted from the summit a ''clear commitment from the EU that it will continue to stand by Georgia. And the same applies for our membership of NATO.''
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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