State Minister: Georgia is "already into low-intensity conflict"

In an interview with the Messenger today, State Minister for Reintegration Issues Temur Iakobashvili said Georgia is already in a state of "low-intensity conflict."

The Messenger: You said in May that Georgia "literally had to avert war." How close is Georgia to war now?

State Minister Iakobashvili: I would say that where we are at now, it is more not [a case of being] in danger of war but we are already into low-intensity conflict.