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PARIS-Russia might have its eye on other neighboring countries such as Ukraine and Moldova after its armed forces stormed Georgia, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Wednesday.Russia's armed forces overpowered Georgia's troops earlier this month after Tbilisi tried to retake control of the breakaway region of South Ossetia.Russian troops continue to occupy parts of Georgia, and Moscow recognized South Ossetia and another rebel region of Georgia, Abkhazia, as independent states on Tuesday, prompting strong criticism from France and other Western powers.Asked on Europe 1 radio whether Russia would now regularly choose to confront the West rather than cooperate with it, Kouchner said:"That is not impossible.""I repeat that it is very dangerous, and there are other objectives that one can suppose are objectives for Russia, in particular the Crimea, Ukraine and Moldova," said Kouchner, whose country holds the European Union's rotating presidency.EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said the EU should signal clearly its support for Ukraine's efforts to join the bloc in the light of a possible threat from Russia."Ukraine could be the next political pressure point for Russia... Therefore it is important from a stability point of view to send a positive signal that it is possible for Ukraine to progress towards the Union," Rehn said in Helsinki.To read more go to:
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