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CSTO Security Council Secretaries back Russia's operation in S. Ossetia
RBC, 03.09.2008, Yerevan 16:57:46.The council of the Security Council Secretaries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) approves of Russia's actions in South Ossetia, Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev told a news conference in Yerevan. As for the reasons underlying the conflict, Patrushev said that the North Caucasus and Central Asia were rich in hydrocarbons, and therefore were of interest to many countries, particularly the USA, which "wanted to gain access to the riches". He noted that before the military operations in South Ossetia "a number of countries" had been equipping and arming Georgia, and Georgia halted ceasefire talks after US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Tbilisi. And at this moment, despite the tragic events, "Saakashvili's regime" has been expanding its military presence, Patrushev stated. Patrushev believes that in the near future the US will be trying to put more pressure on Georgia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan. In his opinion, Russia has emerged as a geopolitical center over the past years, and in a new political environment the influence of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and CSTO, as well as China and India and the organizations of which these two countries are members will be mounting.
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