Russia denies troops entered Georgian port - Ifax

Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:38pm EDT
 
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry denied a statement by Georgia's prime minister on Monday that Russian troops had entered Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti, Interfax news agency reported.

"They (troops) had never been given such a task," a ministry representative told Interfax.

(Writing by Maria Golovnina)

 

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