Delegation of the Russian Federation including the deputies of the Russian Federation State Duma, the Federation Council, the Cossacks, and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia has arrived in South Ossetia. The delegation is headed by the Chairman of the Committee on the International Affairs of the State Duma, a member of fraction "United Russia" Konstantin Kosachev. The President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity and the Russian guests have visited the headquarters of the candidate for the RSO Presidency Anatoly Bibilov, where the meeting with him and the party "Unity" leadership has taken place.
At the beginning of the meeting Eduard Kokoity has greeted the visitors of the Republic, having expressed his gratitude to the party «United Russia» for its support. «The leading party of South Ossetia «Unity» has made its choice and has supported Anatoly Bibilov as the presidential nominee of the Republic in the forthcoming elections.
And we are grateful to the party and we welcome friendly and brotherly relations between our parties. Certainly, we will continue and strengthen our relations, both in the party and interstate spheres»,-the president has declared. He has also greeted representatives of the Russian Cossacks, who also arrived in South Ossetia as a part of the Russian delegation. «You`ve been always together with the South Ossetian people and took active part in life of the Republic of South Ossetia», - Kokoity has noted. Addressing to the Heroes of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, who arrived to support the presidential candidate Anatoly Bibilov, the head of the state has underlined that many of them took active part in repulsing the Georgian aggression, participating in the operations, and «protecting interests of our common Native land-Russia». «Today we also have representatives of the Federation Council and the State Duma here,-those people who have made important decisions concerning the Republic of South Ossetia. And, certainly, we express our gratitude to representatives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia who the first have arrived to help our people at once after the end of operation on compelling Georgia to peace», - Kokoity has emphasized. He has also underlined that the today's meeting has not the political nature, but, «in a manner of speaking, the family one». In turn, Anatoly Bibilov has expressed his gratitude to Eduard Kokoity and the visitors from Russia for their support of his candidacy. «I am flattered at your support and I am grateful that so powerful team has arrived today from Russia to support my candidacy in the forthcoming presidential elections of South Ossetia. It is pleasant that my friends have also arrived – among them are the Heroes of the USSR and Russia, and certainly, colleagues from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation with whom we had warm relations and total interaction. And also the Cossacks without whose participation not any our state action is held», -Bibilov has told. He has expressed his confidence that such friendly relations will be preserved. The head of the Russian delegation Konstantin Kosachev has noticed that the today's meeting is held in a very important for the people of South Ossetia time with regard to the forthcoming presidential elections of the Republic. «This is important time for the people of Russia, too, as soon we`ll have the State Duma elections, and then the presidential ones. We have arrived today to support you, and we hope that you will have desire and possibility to support the forthcoming presidential elections in Russia», - he has underlined. Kosachev has also mentioned the friendly long-lasting relationship between the parties «Unity” and "United Russia", and has expressed confidence in the further close cooperation. The deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a coordinator of the Popular front of Russia Frants Klintsevich has also addressed the meeting. «We want to declare at once that those fronts which were established in the territory of South Ossetia, have no concern with us. Being a coordinator of the Popular front of Russia, I would like to notice that we officially state our sympathies in support of Anatoly Bibilov», - Klintsevich has underlined. «What I have liked most of all, when I plunged into the pre-election process, is that the candidate whom we are supporting, has the landing slogan «Nobody except us! ». It defines, first of all, presence of heroes, who represent here a legend of airborne troops, - the Afghans», - he has emphasized. Klintsevich has appealed to Anatoly Bibilov to be always confident in his rightness and victory, having noticed that the landing brotherhood is supporting him.
