On August 16 The general staff of Moscow confirmed that Russia had occupied Poti as well as military bases in Gori and Senaki It stated that they were there to defuse an enormous arsenal of weapons and military hardware which have been discovered in the vicinity of Gori and Senaki without any guard whatsoever This is unacceptable The Russian Government can not confirm anything nor can the Georgian Government they are the interested parties and we are not here to reprint their public statements