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Georgian Orthodox Church Patriarch Criticizes Saakashvili For War
October 16, 2009
TBILISI -- Georgian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Iliya II has criticized
President Mihkeil Saakashvili for his actions in South Ossetia in August 2008
that led to a military conflict with Russia, RFE/RL's Georgian Service
reports.
Independent television station Maestro showed Patriarch Iliya at a meeting
with teachers on October 16 in which he said it was possible to avoid military
conflict with Russia over Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia last
year.
He said "it will never do to bump your head against the wall without being
able to find a door in it; the captain of a ship must lead his vessel, being
able to maneuver and escape reefs."
The Georgian opposition welcomed Iliya's statement, while the leaders of the
ruling United National Movement party expressed their displeasure with it.
Pro-government politicians say that since Patriarch Iliya criticized
Saakashvili he should also suggest what the president should have done to
avoid the conflict.
Iliya's comments mark the first time recent Georgian history when the Orthodox
Church and the government find themselves at odds.
Georgian and Russian forces fought a five-day war last year that led to South
Ossetia declaring its independence, which was recognized by Moscow.
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