The President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity addressed a congratulatory telegram to the President of Russian Federation V.V. Putin on the occasion of the Day of Russia.
The telegram says:
”The declaration accepted on 12 June 1999 became a symbol of new revived Russia, ensured conditions for building free, democratic, civil society.
I am convinced the Russian nation, made it’s historical choice to build a new Russian State and can be proud of the achievements, every ethnicity, every citizen feels an integral part. The people of South Ossetia, in their overwhelming majority citizens of Russia, are following the positive changes that are taking place in Russian Federation and considers the great Russia as the main guarantor of peace, stability and safety in the Caucasus”.
Press-service of the MFA of the RSO
12 June 2006.