19.03.2009 22:53 | Luc Devos:“After the Disintegration of the Soviet Union Georgians Became Extremely Nationalistic”
 One of these days mister Luc Devos, the Belgian expert, visited SouthOssetiaRepublic. Luc Devos met in Tskhinval with the RSO Government vice – chairman, the Minister of Youth, Sport and Tourism Affairs of RSO Eleonora Bedoeva and the representatives of the youth organizations of South Ossetia.
During the meeting Eleonora Bedoeva acquainted mister Devos with a situation in South Ossetia.
Mister Devos met with the young people, which directly took part in military actions in the days of the Georgian aggression on August, 2008, protecting the Native land. “The heritage of eighteen years war, and a life in condition of unceasing diversions in the form of the acts of terror, in the form of information diversions, which could be more terrible than death for our Caucasian consciousness, left its mark on our consciousness.
All of us are the carriers of a posttraumatic syndrome; all of us need in rehabilitation and support. And Georgia should be responsible for it too. And not only Georgia should be, but also those people, who indifferently looked at the destruction of our people and at our youth, being in such condition” – Bedoeva said. During a meeting mister Devos gave his view on the events of August, 2008.
“It is very difficult to give you any good advice because it is difficult to understand what has happened, as if it is not the unique conflict region. It is very difficult to understand what is happening today in Congo. I know that according Stalin's decree in 1924 SouthOssetiaRepublic became a part of Georgia. And not on his demand only”, - mister Devos said. Mister Devos also noted the dismal consequences of Georgian nationalism display.
“I have such a feeling that everyone here has his own truth. You are a small nation. Next to you is another small, but more than you - Georgian nation, and after the disintegration of the Soviet Union Georgians became extremely nationalistic. Georgians consider South Ossetia their territory. Saakashvili made a big mistake, and the European Union does not justify him. Why did he do it? After the aggression on August, 8, the chances of Georgia to get in the European structures became less than earlier”. - mister Devos noted.
At the end of a meeting mister Devos noticed that “only time can heal your wounds a little bit”.
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Translated by Tatiana Inozentseva |
