South Ossetian-Russian relations have a very rich history and deep roots, the two nations are united by spiritual and cultural closeness, the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry stated, referring to the current stage of relations between the two countries.
Fraternal relations between South Ossetia and Russia are being built in full compliance with the Treaty of Alliance and Integration of March 18, 2015, Znaur Gassiev, Ambassador of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation, said in the commentary to IA "Res ".
"This unique, unparalleled document defines long-term guidelines for bilateral relations, fixes the procedure for interaction in the field of social protection of the population, guarantees our state sovereignty and security," Gassiev said.
He has noted that Russia is the main strategic partner for South Ossetia.
The position of Georgia towards the Russian Federation does not suit the countries of the West, Zita Besaeva, a member of the South Ossetian Parliament, the Chairman of the Nykhas political party, told the “Res” news agency.
“Today we are observing the processes that are taking place in Georgia. It did not join the sanctions that imposed by the West against Russia and, of course, the idea of opening a second front,” Besaeva said.
According to the deputy, the situation in Georgia is being rocked from the inside in order to arrange a civil war, to carry out a coup d'etat.
The current events in Georgia should be viewed in the context of Western influence.
This is stated in the comments of the representative of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry in Austria, Patrick Poppel, on the current situation in Georgia.
"I consider this development very dangerous for peace in the Caucasus. The US and Western states have no right to interfere in the sovereign policy of the Caucasian states," he said.
South Ossetia is closely following the events taking place in Georgia, which cause serious concern, said Yegor Kochiev, Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy for Post-Conflict Settlement.
South Ossetia is closely watching the events taking place in Georgia over the past few days, which cause serious concern in the Republic, the RSO Foreign Ministry said in the official commentary.
These days will be marked the anniversary of the epoch-making events that affected geopolitical processes around the world, establishing a clear watershed from which the countdown of a new stage in international relations will begin, - said Yury Vazagov, head of the Information and Analytical Department of the South Ossetian Presidential Executive Office Yury Vazagov.
At the meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between South Ossetia and the Russian Federation, a whole range of problematic issues was considered, the solution of which will allow bringing the economic situation of the Republic of South Ossetia to a new qualitative level. This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development of South Ossetia Dzambolat Tadtaev in a commentary to IA "Res".
In many ways, the emergence and existence of such an international structure as the Organization of Unrepresented Peoples and Nations (UNN) is due to the policy of double standards pursued for decades by leading Western countries and organizations in recognizing the right of nations to self-determination, the head of the Information and Analytical Department of the Presidential of South Ossetia believes. Yuri Vazagov.
South Ossetia should raise the issue of returning the unique Okon triptych, stolen from the Republic's museum in the 1990s, at all possible venues. Merab Zasseev, director of the National Museum, told IA “Res” about this.
Zasseev has expressed confidence that the Georgian side is not considering the need to transfer the Okon triptych to the South Ossetian side.