Mr Saakashvili knows that his country can never join NATO, or claim full sovereignty, if it does not resolve the stand-offs with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

• 萨卡什维利知道如果不能打破在阿布哈兹和南奥塞梯的问题上的僵局，就无法保持主权的完整，更不可能加入北约。