Refuted the speech UN Secretary-General Statement on Georgia 'blackmail by Russia. "

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly refuted postpredom made by Georgia to the UN assumed that his report on the UN mission in the Caucasus has been changed due to blackmail by Russia, the Associated Press.

On Thursday, May 28, Press Service of the UN secretary general issued a statement which stressed that Ban Ki-moon has strongly denied "any suggestion that he has received threats of any kind." Statement of "blackmail on the part of Russia" made postpredom Georgia to the UN Alexander Lomaia, the press service of Ban Ki-moon as "extremely unfortunate."

Breaking on Wednesday, May 27, at a press conference at the UN headquarters said that he was a "reliable sources", it became known that Russia has made changes in content and title of the report of the UN secretary general on the situation in Transcaucasia, threatening, otherwise, use veto power in the decision to extend the mandate of UN Observer Mission in Georgia and Abkhazia.

Russia's permanent representatives in the UN Vitaly Churkin said on Thursday that in the process of the report of the UN secretary general of Russia "does not threaten any veto, but merely expressed its views on any aspects of its content or the title." Churkin, RIA Novosti, also questioned the reliability of sources, referred to by Lomaia, declaring "blackmail on the part of Russia."

Ban Ki-moon presented his report on the situation in Transcaucasia, on May 18. The title of the report on the future activities of UN observers in the region, there was no mention of Georgia and Abkhazia. The paper was entitled "Report of the Secretary-General submitted in accordance with Security Council resolutions 1808, 1839 and 1866." All previous reports of secretary general on this topic called "About the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia."

In a statement the press service of the UN secretary general, was circulated on Thursday, noted that when working on the title of the report, Ban Ki-moon sought to "take into account the positions of all parties and to avoid unnecessary controversy in the debate in the UN Security Council."

The report, Ban Ki-moon was presented to members of the UN Security Council for three days later the previously announced deadline. May 18, at a conference on security in the Caucasus, held in Geneva, the delegation from Abkhazia, demonstratively left the courtroom. After Abkhazia to participate in an event is given the delegation of the Russian Federation and South Ossetia, have also expressed their dissatisfaction with the lack of the report. May 19, after a report was submitted to the UN secretary general, representatives of Russia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia to resume participation in the conference.
The question of extending the mandate of UN Observer Mission in Georgia and Abkhazia is scheduled for June 2009.