Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych gave...

"I said before that we are against a politics of double standards," Yanukovych said, referring to Kosovo, which unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in February 2008.

"It was already obvious back then that ... frozen conflicts would only get worse. Another perfect example is South Ossetia," he added, as quoted by the Ukrainskaya Pravda newspaper.

"It"s my view that we must yet again underline that international law should apply to all without exceptions," he went on, saying that the recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia was "not currently on the agenda."

However, before his victory in February"s polls, Yanukovych"s Party of Regions called on then president Viktor Yushchenko"s pro-Western administration to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Yanukovych also said Ukraine should recognize the republics after Russia"s five-day war with Georgia over South Ossetia in August 2008.

Russia recognized the two republics" independence

Pages: [1] 2