By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Russia's foreign minister subjected his British counterpart to a torrent of four-letter words during a telephone call over the situation in Georgia, The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.
The paper said Sergei Lavrov repeatedly used foul language as British Foreign Secretary David Miliband warned him that Europe would reassess its ties to Russia following the country's invasion of its small, pro-Western neighbor last month. According to the Telegraph, the conversation was so laden with obscenities it was difficult to draft a readable summary. The paper cited an unnamed "insider" as the source of its information, but did not give a date for when the conversation took place.
Russia denied the report and on Saturday accused the British government of deliberately leaking its version of the exchange to the media.
"Such leaks are probably aimed at attaining political ends and pouring oil on the flames of hysteria surrounding Russia's actions in the Caucasus," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko was quoted as saying by Russia's Interfax news agency. "As we understand, the leak was authorized by David Miliband."
Britain's Foreign Office denied that allegation, but refused to comment on the tenor of the conversation.
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