KIEV, June 25 - Georgia and Ukraine share a common danger which consists in Russia's plans to create "a transformed USSR," i.e. the Eurasian Union, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said in an interview with the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (Mirror Weekly) newspaper (ZN.UA).

"When Russia announces plans to form the Eurasian Union, everyone is perfectly aware that they are talking about a transformed Soviet Union, and to be more precise, about political and military aspects of this broken empire," the minister said. "This is why for Georgia, a strong, stable and prospering Ukraine is a vital necessity," he said.