President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and France Nicolas Sarkozy in a telephone conversation “continued the discussion of the ways of the fulfilment of principles of settling conflicts coordinated in Moscow on August 12, 2008,”Itar-Tass quoted the Russian president' s press service as saying Wednesday. “Stressing Russia's total commitment to the jointly worked out principles and responsible approach to their fulfilment Dmitry Medvedev noted that the most important at the present moment for ensuring the reliability of the process of normalisation of the situation in the region are not UN resolutions and some declarations, but an agreement that will be based on the above principles signed by the South Ossetian and Georgian sides, as well as by Russia, the European Union and OSCE as guarantors of its fulfilment,” the statement says. The Russian president “expressed gratitude to Nicolas Sarkozy for major efforts taken by him in the interests of securing peace and stability in the region.” The heads of state “confirmed the intention to continue the closest cooperation for the attainment of the set peacekeeping goals,” according to the press service.
