Following the results of the meeting of the Political Council under the President of the RSO, President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov and Speaker of the Parliament of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov signed a statement to hold a referendum on accessing South Ossetia to the Russian Federation in 2017.
"Guided by the long-term interests of the South Ossetian people, and trying to ensure the stability of the socio-political situation in the Republic of South Ossetia, May 26, 2016 we made the joint statement to support the decision of the Political Council under the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on the feasibility of holding a referendum on accessing the Republic of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation in 2017, after the election of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia ", - is stated in the statement.
