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what does that mean? I don't get what так means.
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It means, "He never met him", "They never met". Alas, it's hard to translate the sentence into English in some another way.
"Так и...

Oh, yes, you're right, this sentence is possible; but actually it really sounds a bit archaic (and even clumsy) to me.

P.S. I've thought about another example: "он так с ним никогда и не...

The discussion was about the word "отвечал"; but no, in this case it's not an archaism.

About Саакашвили sentence, the point is that there was no any one time, perfective action, and there was no...