Archive - 20/9/2010

The tragedy that occurred in Vladikavkaz is a common tragedy of the Ossetian people and we must be vigilant at all times, said the South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity at the press conference in Tskhinval.
According to him, today there is a need to take all necessary measures to combat terrorism.
"It is not easy to fight against it. But today there are no ready-to-use recipes. It requires engagement of the public and the entire nation. We fully understand the purpose of these terrorist acts, and we know who stands behind them. This is an attempt to push the North Caucasian peoples to fight against each other. It is an attempt to impose a regional, religious hatred between the peoples inhabiting the Caucasus. I think that the terrorist acts on the Russian territory and aggression against South Ossetia and Abkhazia have the same masterminds,” said Kokoity.

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.

On September 19, with the national holiday, the 20th anniversary of the Republic of South Ossetia, ahead, public and political figures of the 90s, members of the Parliament of South Ossetia met in the “IR” media center.
As reported by the president of the Media Center Irina Gagloeva, the participants talked about Russia’s assistance throughout the struggle of South Ossetia for independence.
"With the strengthening of Russia’s position in the world, and owing to the inhumane foreign policy of Saakashvili regime towards South Ossetians, the Russian leadership could not help but intervene in the conflict of 2008", said Gagloeva.
According to her, the main topic of the meeting was the development of relations between Russia and South Ossetia since 90s until the recognition of the Republic of South Ossetia by Russia.

in connection with the twentieth anniversary of the Republic of South Ossetia

A significant date in the history of the Ossetian people is celebrated on 20 September, 2010; twenty years have passed since the establishment of the Republic of South Ossetia.
Twenty years ago the people of South Ossetia faced with the Georgian nationalism found themselves in a critical situation. Based on the principles of international law and the applicable law, exercised its right to self-determination and made the crucial decision to reorganize the Autonomous Oblast into the South Ossetian Democratic Republic within the USSR, which was later renamed in the Republic of South Ossetia. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, all necessary procedures for the legal establishment of an independent state of the Republic of South Ossetia were carried out. As the subsequent events proved, this step was the only right that made it possible to save the people of South Ossetia.

Plenipotentiary Representative of President of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Khloponin sent a congratulatory telegram to the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, Eduard Kokoity, on the occasion of the national holiday of the RSO, the 20 th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic.
The message reads in part:
"I sincerely congratulate you and the people of South Ossetia with the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the republic. I regret that I am unable to personally congratulate you, Edward Dzhabeevich, and all South Ossetians with this wonderful holiday.