Medvedev calls for common conflict resolution methods in OSCE countries
10:19 01/12/2010 ASTANA, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on Wednesday for the countries of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to have common strategies for resolving conflicts.
"Perhaps the most important task [for the OSCE] would be to work out common methods for resolving conflicts," Medvedev told the OSCE summit in the Kazakh capital of Astana on Wednesday.
These methods should include the non-use of force, promotion of dialogue and ensuring the rights of civilians in the conflict zone, the president added.
"The use of military force, as the Georgian leadership tried to implement against South Ossetia in August 2008, is absolutely unacceptable," he said.
Georgia attacked South Ossetia in a bid to bring it back under central control, sparking a short military conflict with Russia, which now recognizes the region as independent.
The OSCE urged negotiations between Georgia and South Ossetia earlier this week.
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