14 July – The Day of Peacekeepers in South Ossetia
The 18th anniversary of deployment of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces (JPKF) in the Zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict is marked today in South Ossetia. The people and the authorities of the Republic of South Ossetia highly appreciated and objectively assessed the peacekeeping operation considering it as a unique example. For the people of South Ossetia, 14 July became a holiday since 1992. The trilateral peacekeeping forces were deployed in the zone of conflict on 14 July 1992 at the height of Georgian aggression.