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May 06, 2005
Moscow to Bush: Keep Out of Our Back Yard
Jeremy Page, the Times Online of London's Moscow correspondent, reported on May 7, 2005 that, "Russia has lodged an official protest" over U.S. President George W. Bush's "decision to combine his trip to Moscow on Monday [May 9. 2005] with visits to Latvia and Georgia."
"Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, wrote a letter of complaint to Condoleezza Rice, the U.S. Secretary of State, shortly after the new itinerary was announced, according to U.S. officials," The Times told its readers, adding: "The Russians are angry at what they see as the expansion of American influence in countries on their border. However, Dr. Rice, a former Russia specialist, is reported to have written back that Mr. Bush would visit whichever countries he pleased." Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at May 6, 2005 08:58 PM
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