U.S. Vice President Cheney Holds Talks in Italy on Georgia Crisis
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney renewed his call for cooperation between Europe and Washington over the Georgia crisis, Italy's foreign minister said Sunday.
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Franco Frattini said that during talks he and Cheney expressed their "shared wish for intense collaboration between Europe and the United States."
"This Caucasus crisis cannot be solved unless there is intense collaboration ... which we will have," Frattini said after the 40-minute meeting on the sidelines of a conference on Lake Como.
The two also discussed EU dependance on Russian oil and gas, a crucial factor in the 27-nation bloc's dealing of the crisis following five days of fighting last month between Georgia and Russia.Cheney's visit to Italy was part of a tour that also took him to Georgia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan. After the meeting with Frattini, he traveled to Rome where he will hold talks in the coming days with senior Italian officials, including Premier Silvio Berlusconi — staunch U.S. ally.
In his address to the conference of global political and business leaders, Cheney issued a strong rebuke of Russia. He described Moscow's actions in the conflict with Georgia as an "affront to civilized standards," and called on Western nations to jointly prevent Russia from using its position as a dominant energy supplier to intimidate its neighbors.
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