| Opening Remarks at Meeting on Cooperation in the Caspian Region.Part 1 August 17, 2009 Astrakhan Вступительное слово на совещании по прикаспийскому сотрудничеству. 17 августа 2009 года Астрахань PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Colleagues, We have gathered here at a meeting on the Caspian Sea cooperation. But two tragic events have occurred in our country today. One of them is the terrorist attack in Nazran, and the other is a major, large-scale accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Station, which killed several people. I would like to begin with a moment of silence to honour their memory. (Moment of silence.) DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Please be seated. I would like to say a few words about these events. First, a word about the terrorist act in Ingushetia. This morning, I gave the Interior Minister a number of instructions. Clearly, we must conduct an official investigation. It is imperative to ascertain the circumstances, especially given that this terrorist attack is just one in a series of events that has taken place in the Caucasus region and in Ingushetia in particular. Earlier, there was an attempt to assassinate the President of Ingushetia. Every day, something new happens within the republic, and these are all links in the same chain, resulting from the significant amount of terrorist activity we have recently seen in the area. We will talk more about this at special meetings, but I wanted to make a separate statement about what happened. I suppose that ... |
