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08/08/2009 14:00:00 ABKHAZIA, SUKHUM
“Someone may like it or not”, but Russia will continue to develop full-scale relations with both South Ossetia and Abkhazia", the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev declared.
"For us, it is not a matter of opportunism, but a matter of decisions that we have made and that we will implement”, he said in conversation with authors of the film “In August of 2008”.
"I have never been to Tskhinval before my first official presidential visit to a new country, the Republic of South Ossetia. The situation there is very complex, indeed. The population of the Republic is very poor, and lots of problems and challenges have accumulated over almost two decades of the blockade. However, both the Republic's people and leadership are willing to overcome these hardships”, Medvedev said. Russia will help them to solve these problems, he emphasized.
"We will help them in addressing these problems, we will implement support and aid programs and develop investment projects. We will guarantee the security of this nation and help them to ensure their safety, as well as assist them in addressing a number of pressing economic issues", the Russian leader stressed.
"So, basically all these subjects are now within our common competence, as South Ossetia and Russia have made a special treaty, a treaty of friendship, mutual assistance and military cooperation, and now we are going to deal with all these respective matters", Medvedev concluded.
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