The II-d International Youth Camp-Forum: «South Ossetia. Peace and stability in the Caucasus», organized on initiative of the Russian youth trade union, is taking place in Tskhinval. The camp has opened on July, 3 in the micro-district "Sunny" of the capital of South Ossetia. As the news agency "Res" has been informed by the Ministry of Education of the RSO the representatives of the youth wings of different political parties of Russia have gathered to take part in the forum of South Ossetia Arrival of the Russian Federation State Duma deputies, different public figures of Russia and other visitors is expected, too. In the evening of July, 3, the official opening of the forum took place in Tskhinval; the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity and other officials have also been among the visitors. Edward Kokoity has underlined in his speech that despite the collapse of the Soviet Union the .best traditions, mutual relations have remained between the people inhabited this country.
«Many in the West, first of all, in the USA, consider that the Caucasus is a weak link of the Russian Federation, - Kokoity has said. - And today, under the pretext of democracy spreading, they try to impose their concepts on us. But these concepts are not precisely extended in the Caucasus, because people with their own culture, traditions and mentality are living here». According to the organizer of the forum, the Chairman of the Russian Youth Trade Union, the Counsellor of the President of the RSO Alexey Kazak, certain people in the West - the western liberals- consider that they will be able to «undermine Russia». «They have chosen the Caucasus because they consider it “the weak link of Russia» and they are intending to destroy our country through it. But they bungle, as the Caucasus, on the contrary, is a strong point of our multinational native land», - Cossack has underlined. The representatives of the different youth wings of the Russian political parties: «Time of Youth» (LDPR), «Young Guards» ("Unity"), the delegation «the Lenin Komsomol» (the Communist Party of the Russian Federation), «The Young Socialists of Russia» («Fair Russia») and others-have addressed to the delegates. Salutatory telegrammes from the President of Ingushetia, the deputies of the State Duma and other public figures of Russia have been also read out at the meeting .The forum will continue till July, 10, 2011.