Archive - 27/4/2016

April 26, 2016 Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev received the Head of Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Republic of South Ossetia Nalyan Antman.

According to the press service of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, "during the meeting were discussed issues of search and clarify the fate of persons to be listed as missing as a result of the 1991 - 1992 and 2008 Georgian aggression. Participants of the meeting have noted the effectiveness of the tripartite coordination of Mechanism under the auspices of the ICRC, as part of the work of which has been recently clarified the fate of one of the defenders of South Ossetia, to be listed as missing since August 2008, and expressed the need to further enhancing of its activity. "

.In the course of the meeting were also discussed humanitarian issues, including the humanitarian situation in the areas adjacent to the state border between the Republic of South Ossetia and Georgia.

"On the part of South Ossetia, the meeting was also attended by the State Advisor to the President David Sanakoev and the Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights Inal Tasoev representing South Ossetia in the tripartite coordination mechanism for the search for missing persons".

During the forthcoming referendum on amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia to be held in July 2016, it will be proposed Article 10 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia, according to which: "The Republic of South Ossetia has the right to enter into an alliance with other states and to transfer to the bodies of the Union part of its powers ", supplemented by the following paragraph:

"Based on the results of the popular vote (referendum) on January 19,1992, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia with the consent of the Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia has the right to appeal to the leadership of the Russian Federation with the offer on acceptance of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation as a new region of the Russian Federation and to conclude with the Russian Federation the relevant Treaty "

This initiative, as it is known, was proposed by the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov. We asked the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev to comment on this situation:

The initiative of the South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov to hold a referendum on introducing amendments to the current Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia, which legally allows to apply to the Russian Federation on the acceptance of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation, is completely clear and justified.

The desire to reunite with Russia, the Russian people is a long-standing dream and strategy of the political orientation of the people of South Ossetia, at least since 1917, when by the revolution will and subsequent events, South Ossetia found itself out of the Russian space . All these years preceding the present initiative, have shown that only with Russia can be guaranteed a quiet present and future of our people.

President Leonid Tibilov has repeatedly stressed his and the South Ossetian leadership's commitment to becoming a part of Russia. The idea of ​​a referendum, he announced in February, in his Message to the Parliament and the people of South Ossetia.

I believe that it is in this formulation, the issue of a referendum is legally and politically correct and has the prospect of implementation.

Such an important step, as the acceptance of one state to another one should be legally justified and supported by political and international environment.

The referendum to be held on the scheme proposed by the President enables the legal justification, it will be enshrined in the Constitution (now Article 10 of the Constitution does not provide for the entry of South Ossetia into another state), and also gives powers to the President and the Parliament in due time on behalf of the people to appeal to the Russian leadership . This referendum and the Constitution will give the right and duty to the President and the Parliament to speak on behalf of all the people, because they are elected by the people and have appropriate authority (and this will not be a personal whim of one person, as it is now want to present a few).

Speaking about accepting South Ossetia to the Russian Federation, we should not ignore the international environment, the momentary desire should not put the RSO or Russia in an awkward position with the international legal point of view. And in order to be at the right time in the right place you have to be prepared in advance. Such preparedness can be provided by the referendum .

In Makhachkala has completed the work the international youth student forum "For the mutual understanding in the Caucasus", which was attended by representatives of socially active young people, journalists and bloggers from all over the North Caucasus, as well as representatives of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Krasnodar region, Sevastopol, Republic of Adygea, Kalmykia and Crimea.

As reported to the news agency "Res" by the head of the South Ossetian delegation, Assistant Vice-Rector of South Ossetian State University for educational and vocational guidance work Bela Mamieva, the forum "For the mutual understanding in the Caucasus" was very informative and interesting.

"Our delegation has included a lecturer of the Department of Journalism of the South Ossetian State University Zarina Kachmazova, a Chairman of the student council Albert Gabatty and a student of our university Azamat Tedeeev ", - she said.

Mamieva has noted that the program of the forum has included the work in the areas such as patriotism in Russia, social activity, public diplomacy, information space.

"The forum participants could choose interesting fields, we have chosen public diplomacy and information space - clarified Mamieva.- Each section was attached to a specific expert. Our expert was a Chairman of the Board of the Fund for Support and Development of Jewish Culture Mikhail Chernov - an expert of the site "information space". Chernov is a well-known journalist, who worked from 2002 to 2008 on the territory of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, he has warmly welcomed us.

The head of the delegation has noted that the South Ossetian students were very active during the round tables.

"They were also included in the expert group and the working section of the" people's diplomacy ", - said Mamieva.- Following the forum, each Republic has chosen one direction in which it intends to work. We have chosen the work with bloggers and the placement of the Caucasus content on the Russian portals. We started working on it and we hope that we will succeed. "

Mamieva has emphasized that the visit of the South Ossetian delegation .took place thanks to the Chairman of the Committee on Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism of South Ossetia Sergey Zasseev and Rector of the South Ossetian State University Vadim Tedeeev.

She has also added that Sergey Zasseev and Vadim Tedeev were handed over letters of thanks from the organizers of the forum "For understanding in the Caucasus".