TSKHINVALI. Aug 8 (Interfax) - The South Ossetian Foreign Ministry has appealed to all states for condemnation of Georgia for unleashing hostilities in August 2008 and for assistance to the prosecution of the culprits.
"Alas, we have to state that the military aggression became possible due to the all-inclusive support of the Georgian political ambitions by a number of countries, among them the United States, and the international community did not condemn the actions of the Georgian administration, which led to numerous casualties and destruction, up until now," says a ministry statement posted on Monday.
What is more, a new term of 'occupied territories,' which is applied wrongly to South Ossetia, emerged in the world political language after the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Georgia in July 2010, the ministry said.
Judging by a report of the EU independent commission led by Heidi Tagliavini, it was Georgia who started hostilities against South Ossetia in August 2008, the ministry said.
"Despite the confirmed fact of the Georgian aggression and the destabilizing influence of the delivery of Western armaments and military hardware to Georgia, some countries continue to adopt resolutions on Georgia and describe South Ossetia and Abkhazia as 'occupied territories' in a one-sided interpretation of facts," it said.
"This unwillingness to see and accept the changed realities and the modern situation do nothing but inflate revanchist feelings in Georgia. It will hardly assist peace and stability in the region," the ministry said.
Only the firm interference of Russia, which held a peace enforcement operation against Georgia, saved the people of South Ossetia from extermination, the ministry said.
South Ossetia is holding remembrance events dedicated to the third anniversary of the Georgian aggression on August 7-8.