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Russia and Georgia

Volume 686: debated on Wednesday 1 November 2006

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Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What representations they have made to the Government of Russia concerning the cuttingoff of transport links between Russia and Georgia.[HL7904]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
(Lord Triesman)

I refer the noble Lord to the reply I gave him on30 October (Official Report, col. WA 10) regarding Russian trade sanctions against Georgia and Moldova and the reinstatement of normal facilities for remittances by Georgians working in Russia. In so far as my Answer referred to Russian measures against Georgia, it included the recent cut in transport links.