After the signing of the Treaty of alliance and integration, the inter-state relations of South Ossetia and Russia have reached a new level, said in an interview with news agency "Res" South Ossetian political scientist and former member of the Parliament of South Ossetia Gennady Kokoev.
By signing the Treaty of Alliance and integration, Russia and South Ossetia have taken another important step towards further strengthening the partnership between the two countries.
This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin after a meeting with President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov, during which the parties signed a Treaty of Alliance and Integration.
In Geneva is under way the 31 round of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia. Currently are being held discussions on security, humanitarian issues, including, the fate of the the missing citizens of South Ossetia imprisoned in Georgia. Today, the Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev handed the letter of the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov to the co-chairs of the Geneva talks, which calls on the international community to intensify efforts in addressing these important issues for the Republic.
South Ossetia and Russia signed the Treaty on Alliance and integration. The treaty was signed by presidents - Leonid Tibilov and Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Moscow.
"Assessing the significance of the Treaty on alliance and integration between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation we can say without any exaggeration that this document is of strategic scale and historical significance ", - said Leonid Tibilov after the signing ceremony.
During the next round of international discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia, which will be held March 17-18 in Geneva will be continued the work on a legally binding document that would guarantee the non-use of force by Georgia against the Republic of South Ossetia.
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier on the eve of his visit to Georgia held a press conference and said: "I am very concerned about the barbed wire fencing (at the state border between the Republic of South Ossetia and Georgia - Ed.)."
South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received the Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy of the RSO for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.
According to the press Secretary of the head of state Ghana Yanovskaya, during the meeting have been discussed the preparations for the forthcoming round of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia.
Citizens of South Ossetia, sentenced in 2005 by the Georgian court to life imprisonment on trumped-up charges, have stopped the hunger strike, which lasted since January 26. The action stopped after the Georgian authorities promised to consider the demand of the prisoners to review their criminal cases in the Georgian parliament.
As reported to IA "Res" by the wife of one of the prisoner George Valiev - Marina, "the prisoners, exhausted by the hunger strike, are gradually given light food."
This year "The Days of Ossetian culture in Europe" will be held in five countries. The main purpose of this traditional event is to promote Ossetian culture in Europe and the networking of the Ossetian creative intelligentsia with the European colleagues.
The head of the International non-profit Association «Renaissance Sandidzan» Radion Pukhaev has given a detailed account of this event in an interview with news agency "Res"
South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has presented state awards to officers of law enforcement agencies. The ceremony has been dedicated to the Defender of the Fatherland Day.