Archive - 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.

On 6 April, South Ossetian Defense Ministry Delegation headed by the Minister of Defense Lt.-Gen. Yury Tanaev arrived in Moscow. The delegation included the first deputy Minister of Defense Ibragim Gasseev and Chief of Staff of South Ossetian Armed Forces T. Tsaritov.
Today morning, at Poklonnaya hill war memorial the official welcoming ceremony for the South Ossetian Defense Minister took place with the participation of Guard of Honor company and an orchestra. The state flags of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation were raised, the orchestra played national anthems of the two states.

There are no refugees who left their placed of residence in Leningor district due to security threats based on their ethnic origin or any other diversity, stated the Head of Leningor district Administration Alan Djussoev, commenting on the statement of demography expert Avtandil Sulaberidze that "majority of asylum seekers abroad are refugees from currently occupied Akhalgori district, which the state was unable to protect". It is worth reminding that in 2009, Georgia was among the top ten states with the highest number of citizens seeking asylum abroad, and the first one in the list of state with the highest migration rate. This document was drafted by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

On 30 March, the 10th round of the international discussions on security and stability in South Caucasus taking place within the frames of the multilateral agreements of 12 August and 8 September 2008 was held in Palace of Nations, Geneva. Delegations of the Republic of Abkhazia, European Union, Russian Federation, United States of America and Republic of South Ossetia equally participate in the Geneva Discussions.