Georgia, refusing to acknowledge the existing geopolitical realities, stubbornly continues to act according to outdated patterns, misleading not only the international community but also itself with such clichés about the so-called annexation and the non-existent Russian threat.
This was stated in a commentary by a representative of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry regarding the report on the activities of the Georgian State Security Service, which, for the first time, portrays the "occupation" of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by Russia as the greatest threat to Georgia's national security.
The Foreign Ministry emphasized that this traditional juggling of terms and meanings is yet another unsuccessful attempt by Tbilisi to portray itself as a victim and distort the well-known facts and Georgia's guilt for the aggression against South Ossetia in August 2008, as confirmed by the European Union's International Commission led by Heidi Tagliavini.
"Regarding the expressions of various 'concerns,' South Ossetia has repeatedly experienced the tragedy and bloody price of Georgia's 'good intentions' and would strongly recommend that its neighbor refrain from interfering in its internal affairs," the Foreign Ministry has stated.
The Ministry has reminded the Georgian "virtuous" that the Russian Federation has been and remains the primary factor in regional stability, and that the Russian military contingent is deployed on South Ossetian territory in accordance with international law and within the framework of bilateral interstate agreements and serves as the sole guarantor of its national security.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has regretfully noted that the Georgian side is unable to overcome its "phantom pains" and is still not ready to establish the equal and constructive dialogue with South Ossetia, including within the format of the International Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia.
