In an interview with Ekho Moskvy pegged to the third anniversary of his inauguration as president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili said Georgia is ready to offer Russia \"our friendly attitude and readiness for dialogue.\" \"You will find us pragmatic and flexible interlocutors if you [agree to] talk to us,\" he added. He said the governments of both countries bear \"great responsibility\" for not destroying the \"tradition of friendship\" between them. In the same interview, Saakashvili described as \"normal\" Georgia\'s demand that Russia legalize trade at two border-crossing posts with the unrecognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Georgia does not control those border crossings, and pegs its approval of Russia\'s bid to join the WTO to their legalization. Saakashvili further said that Georgia will not resort to the use of military force against Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and that he advocates the \"broad federalization\" of Georgia and \"almost total self-government\" for the two unrecognized republics. (Caucasus Press)