On August 18, Deputy Head of Russia's Presidential Administration, Alexei Gromov, confirmed that Moscow was ready to publish the part of a transcript of the CSTO meeting, where the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, promised to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
At the same time, Alexei Gromov, denied reports that Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, was dissatisfied with statements of his assistant, Sergei Prikhodko, on the subject and alleged «inside struggle» in the Kremlin on this issue, RIA Novosti informs.
«The so-called competent source, who reported to various mass media about alleged dissatisfaction of the president of Russia with Sergei Prikhodko’s statements about the promises made by the president of Belarus to recognize republic of Abkhazia and republic of South Ossetia, as well as possibility of publishing the relevant part of the CSTO meeting’s transcript, is wrong and deliberately misleading mass media», Alexei Gromov said.
«The statement of Sergei Prikhodko is made under direct instruction of the president of Russia. It can not be otherwise», Alexei Gromov said, adding that Russian president’s administration and other foreign policy bodies can not use their own discretion.
Among other things, Alexei Gromov said that the source, who spread such information, is Belarusian, for sure, and obviously incompetent in the issue.
