German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, during the summit.
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G7 Justified Georgian Aggression
The statement of G7 that condemned Russia’s decision to recognize independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia is biased and targeted at justifying Georgia’s aggression, the RF Foreign Ministry announced.
The statement of G7 ignores well-grounded position of Russia aimed at the hard, but in today’s situation, the only adequate solution to acknowledge the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the RF Foreign Ministry said.
Russia has fulfilled all six provisions of Medvedev-Sarkozy plan, the RF diplomats went on, pointing out that the troops were pulled out and peacekeepers remained in the safety zone neighboring South Ossetia.
Foreign ministers of G7, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and Great Britain, condemned Russia for recognizing independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and voiced their concern about the excessive use of force in Georgia and its continuing occupation by Russia. The ministers called on Moscow to return to implementing the peace plan of Nicolas Sarkozy and to withdraw troops to positions occupied prior to the conflict.
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev signed August 26 the decrees on recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and called on other nations to follow the lead. None of the states has done it so far.
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