Tensions in South Caucasus: Russian Foreign Ministry Continues to Warn the West and Ukraine

The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the anniversary of the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict, stating that the West and Ukraine are trying to draw Georgia into 'new bloody adventures' in the South Caucasus.The ministry emphasized that to prevent such an event from happening again, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Georgia must agree on a process of non-use of force and delimitation.The statement noted that 'these tasks are particularly important in the face of attempts by Westerners, the Kiev regime, and radical political forces in Georgia to draw Tbilisi into new bloody adventures in the South Caucasus.'The statement highlighted Russia's readiness to continue supporting negotiations between the parties, and that the blame for the conflict lay with the regime of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.