The principle of double standards is applied to South Ossetia, - Foreign Minister
Among many Western countries, unfortunately, is prevailing the unwillingness to recognize the 30-year period of the existence of sovereign South Ossetia, including the 12-year period of Russia's recognition of state independence, which the Republic annually celebrates every year on August 26, said in an interview with the American edition of Newsweek, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the RSO Dmitry Medoev.