Presently Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia should sign binding agreements on non-use of force that will guarantee the security of South Ossetians and Abkhazians, RF President Dmitry Medvedev said in his letter to the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy on the occasion of the 1st anniversary of the tragic events in South Ossetia.

“I sure it is only such a legal basis that will prevent new outbreaks of violence and recurrence of tragedies similar to last year's one,” the letter reads. Medvedev is convinced that “all the countries should abstain from supplying arms and military hardware to Georgia for a long time.” He supposes international community should take over joint responsibility “for Georgian authorities not to create illusions that they can settle all problems by force with impunity.”

Medvedev underlined that Fench President Sarkozy “played a significant role in the solution to the Georgian-Ossetian crisis.” He is also satisfied with the activity of the EU Monitoring mission in Georgia.

The President considers that August 2008 events will remain in the center of the internatioinal community's attention: “It is obviously, that Saakashvili’s adventurist policy brought about a new geopolitical situation in the Transcaucasia. One can hardly ignore the fact of two new states existing in the region. Today the main objective is to guarantee peace and security in Transcaucasia in the interests of all peoples of the region.”

Medvedev expressed concern about Georgia's actions — “from persistent threats to restore their ‘territorial integrity’ by force and day-to-day warlike rhetoric to the deployment of troops on the borders with South Ossetia and Abkhazia and serious provocations in the frontier zone.”