Georgia’s unilateral pledge on non-use of force is “not a sign of weakness”, President Saakashvili said at a news conference after addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg on November 23.
 
“Such a gesture underlines our self-belief… The weak tends to respond by threats or menaces or instability; in our case the opposite holds,” Saakashvili said speaking in French, adding that he was convinced that Georgia and Russia should go down the road of negotiations.
 
“Russia has serious problems in the region and I think it is very much in the interests of Russia to move towards more open relationship,” he said.