Moscow - Events similar to Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution will not happen in South Ossetia, the republic's Ambassador to Moscow Dmitry Medoyev said in a statement received by Interfax on Friday.
"Ultimatums and blackmail are not our methods. ‘Orange’ methods cannot be applied to our country successfully – South Ossetia is not Georgia, let alone Ukraine," he said.
The South Ossetian community in Moscow has already voiced concern over the events in the republic and has called for restraint in this complicated situation, the ambassador said.
"Different political and quasi-political figures’ ‘statements’ and ‘comments’ look bleak and awkward against this backdrop. Their attempts to ‘make themselves heard’ amid the South Ossetian events have left a negative aftertaste. These statements are nothing other than cheap self promotion," Medoyev said.
All of the participants in South Ossetia’s 2011 election, presidential candidates and their representatives demonstrated "a high level of political culture," he said.
"There is a need today to find a correct and worthy solution to this situation. It is necessary to look for it exclusively within the constitution and laws of South Ossetia. I am convinced that such a solution will be found. The first step has already been taken – it is dialogue involving all of the sides concerned, which should lead to mutual understanding," the ambassador said.
Medoyev thanked Russia for its constructive position.
"It is serious support. This position is quite balanced, measured and, what counts most, timely," he said.
"No one has a right to interfere in an independent state’s domestic affairs even using fraternal slogans. We ourselves are able to restore order in our country," the ambassador said.
