Georgian Foreign Minister Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili urged the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Thursday in Vienna to take prompt action to the Georgian-Russian conflict.
She criticized Russia of ignoring the international law by entering Georgia's border with force, saying the OSCE should act as an important institution on this issue due to the "virtually paralyzed" UN Security Council.
At the special meeting of OSCE Permanent Council, she said also that Russia escalated the conflict in South Ossetia and led to mass death of the residents there. She warned of a "domino effect," saying that "this danger could also happen in Ukraine."
She therefore urged the OSCE to "promptly and efficiently consider how the appropriate reaction would look like."
South Ossetia, which borders Russia, is an autonomous region in Georgia. After the Soviet Union was disintegrated, the South Ossetia began seeking for independence and caused fierce conflict with the central government of Georgia.
In June of 1992, Russia, Georgia and South Ossetia established peacekeeping forces, which were responsible of implementing peacekeeping mission in the conflict region.
On August 8 of this year, Georgia troops marched into South Ossetia and bombed the capital city of South Ossetia, which worsened the situation there immediately. Russia sent then troops into this region to reinforce the Russian peacekeeping troops there.
On August 12, Russian President Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev announced of ending the military action and Russian troops began retreating to Russia on August 18.
On August 26, Russia recognizes South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent, which arouse high international concern.
Source:Xinhua
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