President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev: Beginning of the Meeting on the Conflict in South Ossetia with Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and the Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Nikolai Makarov

DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Our Russian peacekeepers and the forces they oversee started participating in an operation to enforce peace in the Georgia-South Ossetia conflict. They also have a responsibility to protect the population. They are doing both now. I would like you to report on the situation.

August 9, 2008,
The Kremlin, Moscow

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