A group of experts of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, which will be engaged in demining the territory of South Ossetia has arrived today in South Ossetia.
This was announced by the Minister of emergency situations of South Ossetia Sergey Sanakoev.
According to Sergey Sanakoev, this issue for the leadership of the Republic always was among the priorities.
"In our territory there are still unexploded shells since the first war in 1992, as well as the traces of the terrible August war in South Ossetia. The issue of demining of our territory was repeatedly discussed at the highest levels. The President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov discussed this issue at the meeting with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin," – said Sanakoev.
According to him, on the basis of these agreements, with the full support of the Security Council of the Russian Federation and the joint work of EMERCOM of South Ossetia and the Russian Ministry of Emergencies, today in South Ossetia has arrived a group of experts of EMERCOM of the Russian Federation, which will address this important issue. We will be working together.
"Even today, the group has started to work. The experts went to the villages of Pris and Ered in Tskhinval district of the Republic. The experts plan to work within 80 days; this is only the first stage, as there will be a great deal of work. The sappers of EMERCOM of our Republic will be destructing the unexploded shells," concluded Sanakoev.
