President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov took part in the event at the Border Guard Service of the FSB of Russia in South Ossetia, timed to coincide with the Day of the employee of the state security bodies of the Russian Federation, the press service of the head of state reports.
The event was attended by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the RSO Marat Kulakhmetov, the Chairman of the KGB of the RSO Oleg Shiran.
Head of the Border Guard Service Vladimir Schemelinin congratulated the employees on their professional holiday and read out congratulations from the heads of the FSB and FSO of the Russian Federation.
He also cited the data on violations of the South Ossetian border.
“This year, the border control officers detained 186 violators of the state border, 210 violators of the border regime. Fines were imposed for administrative offenses in the amount of more than 800 thousand rubles ", - said the head of the Border Guard Service of the RF FSB.
Anatoly Bibilov has noted in his speech that the work of the Russian border guards is connected with the awareness of the sacredness of the borders of the Russian Federation.
“And the fact that today Russian border guards are not only defending the borders of Russia, but also carry out a combat mission to protect the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia, suggests that the Russian Federation treats the Republic of South Ossetia as a significant and congenial state,” said. the President.
He emphasized that thanks to the employees of the Border Guard Service, the borders of the Republic of South Ossetia are inaccessible.
“Thanks to you, people who illegally cross our border are being detained, the borders of the Republic of South Ossetia are preserved, provocations are suppressed, which, as we know, Georgia does not leave for a day. I want to express my gratitude on behalf of myself as the president and on behalf of the people of the Republic of South Ossetia for your service, for your attitude, professionalism and for your readiness to defend the borders of the Republic of South Ossetia,” Anatoly Bibilov said.
The President encouraged the employees of the Border Guard Service the FSB of the Russian Federation in the RSO with state awards.
