Beginning of the Meeting on the Conflict in South Ossetia with Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and the Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Nikolai Makarov 2008-08-09 11:39:10 The Kremlin, Moscow Dmitry Medvedev: Our Russian peacekeepers and the forces they oversee started participating in an operation to enforce peace in the Georgia-South Ossetia conflict. They also have a responsibility to protect the population. They are doing both now. I would like you to report on the situation.