South Ossetia at the moment cannot have any relations with a country the leadership of which does not admit responsibility for the attack by its army in August 2008 and refuses to sign a binding document on the non-use of force
On the eve of the mourning date for the Ossetian people - the 12th anniversary of the treacherous aggression of Georgia against the Republic of South Ossetia - a new attempt by the current Georgian authorities to involve some citizens of the Republic of South Ossetia in their next projects, in this case containing a significant material component, was revealed, the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry says in Wednesday.
“According to the documents at the disposal of the ministry, a citizen of Georgia living in Tbilisi, Uruzmag Karkusov, is a well-known former so-called. “ Minister of Economy" of the puppet structure D. Sanakoeva, and now the head of the Georgian organization "Global Economic" - through an activist of the Ossetian society of Tbilisi, a citizen of Georgia Z. Gazzaeva, established contact with a citizen of South Ossetia, a member of the "People's Party" of the RSO T.Kh. Gagloeva with the aim of lobbying Georgian plans for the alleged construction of a mini-hydroelectric power station on the territory of South Ossetia, as well as an enterprise for processing solid waste in the vicinity of Tskhinval. The total declared value of these "projects" is determined by their authors at almost $ 120 million,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on the official website.
The document says that in order to promote Georgian interests, , the corresponding papers were sent from Tbilisi to T.Kh. Gagloeva, drawn up as projects and aimed, judging by the content, at creating the prerequisites for "gaining financial and economic independence of the RSO" and "ensuring the further development of the Republic."
“Meanwhile, it has been established that the main potential sponsor of this operation is the" Card Bank "owned by B. Ivanishvili, as well as the" Rakli "Fund - a part of the well-known" Georgia Co-Investment Fund ". It is absolutely obvious that behind all these actions are the special services of Georgia, which are tasked with "filling with content" old stillborn projects, such as "a step towards a better future" and "involvement without recognition", the implementation of which is impossible without the partnership participation of representatives of the South Ossetian side, which is the main condition of the Western donors and financial structures affiliated with the Georgian government, ”the Republic’s Foreign Ministry stressed.
They have noted that the direct monitoring of the implementation of this direction is carried out by representatives of the "Georgian Dream" party, shamelessly using U. Karkusov and Z. Gazzaeva for their mercantile and narrow-party purposes.
“Willingly or not, the" South Ossetian side "in the person of an activist of the Republican political party, one of the main participants in the internal political process, was also involved in this game. In connection with the above, the Ministry is empowered to state with certainty that the Republic of South Ossetia at the moment cannot have any relations with the country, the leadership of which does not admit responsibility for the attack of its army on South Ossetia in August 2008 and refuses to sign the binding document on the non-use of force and the threat of force in bilateral relations, ”the statement reads.
The Foreign Ministry has stressed that the leadership of the Republic of South Ossetia is convinced that it is possible to speak about the need to restore confidence or discuss various projects and prospects for normalizing relations only on the basis of interstate interaction.
“The peoples of South Ossetia and Georgia are interested in this. Any hybrid strategies offered through the backyards are unacceptable, just as the approaches to finding reasonable solutions used in modern Georgia are futile, the statement says.
The Ministry has added that the Republic of South Ossetia, which turns 30 in September 2020, is an established sovereign independent state, this is a solid and sufficient time to comprehend the past and determine future development horizons.
