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.
The same day at 12:00, a working meeting between the members of the South Ossetian delegation and the Russian Federation Defense Minister A. Serdyukov took place in the premises of the RF Defense Minister. The negotiations were concluded with signing of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia "On Joint Military Base on the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia". The signed document should become the basis for legal regulation of issues related to the presence of Russian military personnel on the territory of South Ossetia.
For the Russian side, the Agreement was signed by the Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov. For the Ossetian side, the RSO Defense Minister Lt.General Yury Tanaev signed the document.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation Dmitry Medoev attended the ceremony.
The delegation of the South Ossetian Defense Ministry will continue working meetings and negotiations with the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation during the day on 7 April.
Press-Service of the RSO Embassy in the Russian Federation
