South Ossetia sees the opportunities to develop cooperation with Belarus in areas not directly related to politics, Acting South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev has stated.
According to him, building and expanding such contacts requires consistent work, taking into account the position of official Minsk, which has not yet recognized South Ossetia's independence.
At the same time, Dzhioev noted the existence of shared values and historical ties that could facilitate closer cooperation.
"The process is certainly complex, but we understand and respect the position of official Minsk. The people of Belarus, like the Russian people, are peoples who preserve the traditional values that unite us. This is not foreign to South Ossetia either. "And while in Belarus, in Brest, this is very evident in the attitude the Belarusian leadership shows toward the monuments to the Great Patriotic War. "There are also burial sites of our Ossetian residents who gave their lives for the liberation of Belarus," Dzhioev said.
He emphasized that such historical and value-based ties could form the basis for developing cooperation.
According to Dzhioev, the opportunities for interaction exist in sports, culture, and inter -parliamentary contacts.
In particular, South Ossetian athletes have competed in Belarus, and the Republic's Parliament has had permanent observer status in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Russia and Belarus since 2008.
