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WikiLeaks: Russia Threatened Lithuania With ‘Consequences’ Because Of The Latter’s Support to Georgia

Updated 2010-12-03

On 27 August 2008, two weeks after the war in Georgia, Moscow has sent a message of threat to Lithuania. The episode is recounted in a telegram from the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius, a document obtained by WikiLeaks and accessed by Le Monde.

"The Russian Ambassador to Lithuania Vladimir Chkhivadze informed the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekunas that Lithuania would suffer 'consequences' for her support to Georgia," wrote an American diplomat.

The Russian ambassador added that "Russia would take ‘extraordinary’ measures against Lithuania, so the country would have to pay a price for its behavior,” the cable reads. However, the ambassador did not specify what these measures might be.

A Lithuanian official who talked to US diplomat after this conversation described the performance of the Russian ambassador as “scandalous."

“Accordingly,” the cable says, “Lithuania is requesting evidence of support from NATO and the United States."

The Russia-Georgia war broke out on the night of August 7 to 8, 2008 and lasted five days. During the war, Russian troops occupied a significant part of Georgia and have not withdrawn yet.

Lithuania was among the active supporters of Georgia during the war. Like the majority of the Western nations, Lithuania considers that Russia till now fails to comply with the EU-brokered ceasefire agreement.

Source: Le Monde, BNS, delfi.lt

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