DMITRY MEDVEDEV: RUSSIA WILL NOT LOSE GROUND IN CAUCASUS

PanARMENIAN.Net
05.11.2008 16:33 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Georgia’s aggression in South Ossetia and the global
financial crisis have common origin, the Russian President said.

"This is the consequence of Washington’s presumptuous policy," Dmitry
Medvedev said in his annual address to the Federal Assembly.

"Russia will not lose ground in the Caucasus. Mechanism should be
created to block erroneous, selfish and dangerous decisions of some
members of the international community. Being responsible for the lives
of thousands of people, it’s extremely hard to take decisions. But
there are principles and values that can’t be waived. That is why we
will not yield our positions in the Caucasus," the RF President said.