What [Mikheil] Saakashvili was taught in Washington, he fulfilled all this in an obedient manner. Such a statement the Russian Foreign Minister made at the opening session of the OSCE Ministerial.

“The NATO countries, which are OSCE participants, promised NATO integration to Tbilisi and Kyiv at the Bucharest summit in 2008. The goal was simple, to turn their mood against Russia.

Saakashvili, who came to power as a result of the Rose Revolution and who was supported by the West, immediately used the carte blanche given in Bucharest and in August 2008, ordered the bombing of South Ossetian cities and an attack on peacekeepers in South Ossetia with the consent of the OSCE.

This provocation was prepared by the USA, which launched the exercise program in Georgia. What Saakashvili was taught in Washington, he fulfilled all this in an obedient manner”, - said Sergey Lavrov.