MEDVEDEV: RUSSIA WILL NOT RETREAT FROM THE CAUCASUS

Lragir.am
17:16:43 – 05/11/2008

"We will continue to assist in the neutralization of hotbeds of
instability in the adjacent regions. Proceeding from respect for
the existing frameworks, we will build in the settlement of the
conflicts of Transdnyestr and Nagorno-Karabakh, collaborate with
all the interested parties, reach mutually acceptable agreements,"
said the president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in his first state of
the country address on November 5. He announced that Russia will not
retreat from the Caucasus.

Among objectives Dmitry Medvedev declared the creation and
establishment of universal mechanisms for diplomatic solution of
crises. "Besides, in order to reach a positive result in the solution
of problems of states, no matter in what part of the country they are,
it is necessary to involve them in a dialogue rather than to isolate
them. And we are ready to assist in the settlement of any regional
conflict," Medvedev stated.