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"\r\nVeterans of the World War II dance at the memorial of the Unknown Soldier in Tbilisi on May 9, 2011 &ndash; the site is a venue where the Georgian WWII veterans gather on May 9 to mark the Victory Day. Photo: Guram Muradov / Civil.ge \r\nGeorgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze&rsquo;s reaction to the Russian President&rsquo;s message of congratulation to the Georgian people on the victory over the Nazi Germany, dismissing it as &ldquo;clownery&rdquo;, was &ldquo;supposedly&rdquo; triggered by the form in which this message was made, Vashadze&rsquo;s deputy said on May 9.\r\nNino Kalandadze, the Georgian deputy foreign minister, was referring to the fact that the message was addressed &ldquo;to the Georgian citizens&rdquo; not to the President of Georgia.\r\n&ldquo;When one congratulates to the people, the congratulation is made in address to a legitimate and official representative of that [country]; that&rsquo;s the only recognized form of relation between the peoples and if that was a sincere congratulation it should have been made in a form as it is accepted in relationship between the peoples,&rdquo; Kalandadze said at a news conference in a response to a question about the Russian President&rsquo;s message and a reaction on it from the Georgian Foreign Minister.\r\nShe said congratulation in this form was &ldquo;very unserious&rdquo;, which triggered the Georgian Foreign Minister &ldquo;to make a relevant&rdquo; reaction on the Russian President&rsquo;s message."
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