Kazakhstan, a former Soviet state with good ties to Russia and Georgia, believes it can help resolve the future of the rebel regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Prime Minister Karim Masimov told Reuters on Thursday.
Georgia and Russia fought a brief war in August over South Ossetia, a pro-Moscow region which threw off Tbilisi's rule in 1991-92 and declared independence. Talks in Geneva between the two sides about South Ossetia have made little progress. Some "tough" discussions were held there about security issues on Wednesday, Interfax news agency quoted a Russian diplomat as saying. (Reuters)
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