FACTBOX - Leaders' reactions to Georgia
(Reuters) - Britain called on Monday for the European Union to suspend talks on a new partnership agreement with Russia in protest against Moscow's military intervention in Georgia.
Russia faced diplomatic isolation over its military action against Georgia as an emergency summit on Monday is due to issue a tough verbal condemnation of its actions.
Here are details of some leaders reactions over Georgia:
* SILVIO BERLUSCONI:
-- Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi said on Monday Russia was a power to be reckoned with and he did not expect any steps from the Brussels meeting that would "aggravate" the situation.
-- "It still has a nuclear potential able to destroy 10 times the population of the world. It's a country growing at a rate of 7-8 percent a year. It's a country which has oil and gas".
* GORDON BROWN:
-- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday he would press fellow EU leaders to review ties with Russia in retaliation for Moscow's decision to send troops to Georgia and recognise two Georgian breakaway regions.
-- Brown said Russia's intervention in Georgia was dangerous and unacceptable. "In the light of Russian actions, the EU should review -- root and branch -- our relationship with Russia," Brown wrote in a commentary in the Observer newspaper. Continued...
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