The meeting was held within the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.
The heads of Russia and Kazakhstan discussed the situation around South Ossetia. Dmitry Medvedev stressed that Russia has fulfilled its obligations with regards to the settlement of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict and now the main thing is to ensure Georgia’s demilitarization and a security perimeter around South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
The Russian head of state thanked the President of Kazakhstan for supporting Russia’s position during the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict.
See also
Session of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO
August 27 − 28, 2008