I'm composing this blog post at 3000m in the Caucasus, at Black Cliff Lake, in the corner where Georgia, Azerbaijan and Dagestan meet. Up here, it seems so obvious that the future lies in cooperation across borders to protect the wonderful wilderness all three countries share - but the closed border between Georgia and Russia makes that impossible.
I'm travelling with the French Ambassador - a 3 day trip on horse and foot. As we watch a Golden Eagle soar just over our heads, we talk about the future of the environment. Our Foreign Ministers have joined some of their European colleagues in writing a letter together about the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change. The countries of the world need to work together to deal with this common challenge.
Once more, we have been overwhelmed by Georgian hospitality - whether a supra with friends in Lagodekhi, or meals shared with our guides and with the soldiers at the last, lonely post before the border. Georgians can summon up a feast in the middle of nowhere.
Posted at 14:36 14 September 2009 by Denis Keefe | Comments[0]
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