The situation in Syria has caused great concern for the lives and destiny of the Ossetians, living in this country. The leadership of the Ossetian diaspora in Syria hasaddressed a request to the Head of the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania Taimuraz Mamsurov for assistance in deciding the issue of returning the Ossetians, living in Syria, to Ossetia, to the land of their ancestors. South Ossetia should not stand aside, too.
This has been said IA "Res" by the Member of Parliament of South Ossetia, the Director of the Fund "Rebirth of Orthodoxy" Sergei Kokoev, commenting on the appeal of the head of the Ossetian community in Syria Khisham Koshkh (Albegov) to the Ossetian people.
According to him, both the government of the Republic and its citizens must take all possible steps to receive the ethnic Ossetians who wish to leave Syria.
Kokoev said that in previous years the people of South Ossetia, had repeatedly experienced the horrors of war, generated by the Georgian aggression, and the residents of North Ossetia had always come to the aid of the South Ossetian brothers.
"When the flames of war were blazing over South Ossetia, our brethren in North Ossetia always received our children, the elderly, wives and the wounded and rendered them great assistance. Ossetians should always remember this and understand the importance of the fact, that in difficult times we all need to lend each other a brotherly helping hand "- he added.
He noted that he personally was ready to shelter the Ossetians who wished to leave Syria.
"Personally I will be able to shelter one family. Let them live with us. I have friends who are also ready to give shelter to the Ossetians from Syria. The people of South Ossetia must not remain indifferent to their fate. They are our brothers, "- said the director of the Fund.
Kokoev also called on the South Ossetian citizens to provide all possible assistance to the Ossetians living in Syria, if they would have to leave their country in relation to the tough situation.
