President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov has received the renowned historian, professor at the Agostinho Neto University (Republic of Angola), a native of South Ossetia Muraz Kozonti.
The head of state warmly welcomed the guest, emphasizing that he is familiar with all his achievements and works.
A new agreement on partnership and alliance between South Ossetia and Russia will become one of the fundamental documents defining specific mechanisms of bilateral relations and integration processes, expressed his opinion the Chairman of the State Information and Press of South Ossetia Vyacheslav Gobozov in an interview with the news agency "Res", commenting on the statement of the President Leonid Tibilov about the beginning of the preliminary consultations with Russian colleagues on the development of the draft treaty.
Development of contractual relations between Russia and South Ossetia and Abkhazia is not directed against third countries and does not create security threat in Transcaucasia. This was stated by the RF Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich.
Commenting on the statement of the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov to work on a new treaty of alliance and partnership with the Russian Federation, Lukashevich said that "these statements show the interest of the Republic of South Ossetia to develop contractual partnership with Russia."
"It is a legitimate interest of the new formed sovereign state. There's no other meaning,"- said the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
He has noted that the issue of further legal formalization of relations between Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia was actively discussed at the last round of the Geneva international discussions on security in Transcaucasia.
"The head of the Russian delegation, State Secretary - Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin has clearly explained that the development of contractual relations with these countries is in no way directed against third countries and does not create security threat; this issue should be discussed directly between Tskhinval, Sukhum and Tbilisi in the framework of discussions that we tried to do during the last round in Geneva, "- said Lukashevich.
He has stressed that the content and parameters of further contractual and legal regulation of relations between Russia and South Ossetia and Abkhazia are quite transparent.
President of South Ossetia has recently told reporters about the work on a new treaty on cooperation and partnership with the Russian Federation. What, in your opinion, are the main areas to be considered while drafting this document?
On the outcome of the 30th round of international discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia
December 9-10, 2014 in Geneva was held a regular meeting in the framework of international discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia, with the participation of delegations of the Republic of South Ossetia, the Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, the Russian Federation, the United States, as well as the EU, UN and OSCE representatives. South Ossetian delegation was headed by Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.