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Ukrainians did not fight for Georgia in Aug 2008 conflict in Caucasus Ukrainian citizens did not fight for Georgia in the August 2008 armed conflict in the Caucasus, and Kyiv is not exporting weapons to Tbilisi, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko said.

"We would not like to continue this discussion. This page has been turned over," Poroshenko said on Echo Moskvy radio on Friday.

Kyiv has carried out "a most thorough" investigation on this account, Poroshenko said. "This investigation has been carried out openly and publicly, we are not going to gamble on this, and we are prepared to submit any results of this investigation," he said.

Ukraine would thoroughly analyze any new information alleging that Ukrainians could have taken part in the August 2008 conflict in the Caucasus, Poroshenko said. "However, no new information has been provided to us in the past year," he said. "Ukrainians did not take part in the armed conflict on the Georgian side," he said.

As for supplies of Ukrainian weapons to Georgia, Poroshenko said, "Ukraine has acted absolutely in compliance with international law, and it is not exporting any types of weapons to Georgia today, nor did it so a year ago."