The territory of South Ossetia is secure, in the air and on the ground, said South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity at a news conference in Tskhinval.
As to further cooperation between South Ossetia and Russia in the military sphere, Eduard Kokoity said that South Ossetia was not seeking to increase the capacities of its armed forces and was not going to become a militarized state.
But at the same time, he stressed that "security is the top priority. The airspace of South Ossetia has been reliably protected, and I fully trust the forces and means available on the ground, both with the armed forces of South Ossetia and at military base on the territory of South Ossetia ".
