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Achieving a ceasefire and normalising the situation in the region would require the withdrawal of all Georgian armed forces from South Ossetia and the signature of a legally binding agreement between Georgia and South Ossetia committing both sides not to use force

August 10, 2008

Speaking by telephone to President of France Nicholas Sarkozy, Dmitry Medvedev said that Georgia would have to undertake these steps without setting preliminary conditions.

On the political level, Georgia’s aggression has caused the collapse of efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict. Through its acts, the Georgian leadership has essentially caused irreparable damage to the integrity of its own state.

August 10, 2008