[SolidWood]

The Georgians are withdrawing troops from Kosovo very soon.

Good for them. We should do so as well.

[MarMema]

However, when the Messenger suggested to ruling party MP Vakhtang Balavadze that Tbilisi appears to hold contradictory policies on Kosovo, by refusing to recognize it politically but assisting secession on the ground, he indicated that Georgian troops will not be stationed there much longer. “Georgian troops are under a NATO mandate, so after this expires, our troops will be withdrawn from Kosovo,” he said yesterday. “Politically, we have already stated our position: that we are against Kosovo’s independence,” he added.