Archive - 9/4/2010

The signing of the Agreement on Joint Military Base is the continuity of the Agreement on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Support concluded between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation on 17 September 2008, stated Deputy Foreign Minister of South Ossetia Alan Pliev commenting on the signing of the Joint Military Base Agreement between the RF and RSO 6 April in Moscow. “Russian military personnel fulfilling here functions on preventing reoccurrence of Georgia’s aggressions, had officially attained legal frames for their presence in South Ossetia.

Boris Chochiev, the Plenipotentiary for post-conflict settlement, told journalists about the results of the 10th round of Geneva discussions on security and stability in South Caucasus. He underlined that by the next round of talks, new draft paper on non-use of force would be elaborated based on Russian draft proposal.