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."
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.
In the framework of the project "Open Government" the press center of the State Committee of Information and Press hosted the press conference.
The journalists' questions were answered by Foreign Minister of South Ossetia David Sanakoev. He told about the results of his visit to Moscow, where he had met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. In addition, during his visit to the Russian capital Sanakoev signed an agreement "On the state border between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation."
"There are friendly relations between Russia and South Ossetia; more than 80 agreements and other documents are signed since 2008. The current treaty legally confirms the status of the state border between Russia and South Ossetia. According to the document, the state border between the two countries passes through the delimitation and demarcation points outlined in the result of a joint South Ossetian-Russian commission,"- he said.
According to Sanakoev, the treaty should stop all the talks about annexation, occupation, accession of South Ossetia to Russia.
The Minister has added that during the meeting with his Russian counterpart were discussed a wide range of bilateral issues, including the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia, where are considered two issues - security, in particular, preparation of a document on the non-use of force by Georgia, and the humanitarian part of the agenda. People of South Ossetia clearly defined the status of the state; it is recognized by Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru and Tuvalu. It is important to discuss at the Geneva talks those pressing issue identified by the Medvedev-Sarkozy agreement. Georgia often shows itself as incapable of reaching agreement; this fact is also witnessed by international experts.
South Ossetia will continue to insist on signing a document on the non-use of force.
During the press conference Sanakoev has also expressed concern about the intention of creating the NATO training centers in Georgia. Commenting on the statements of Georgian politicians on "new forms and possibilities of dialogue with South Ossetia and Abkhazia", the Minister has noted that Georgia, first of all, must give a political assessment of the armed aggression against South Ossetia in 1989-2008.
"Today, as you can see, the US and NATO provide military support to Georgia, along with other countries. We would not want this military force to be applied against us again, "- said Sanakoev.
The Minister has also said that the Treaty of alliance and integration between South Ossetia and the Russian Federation has already been considered and adopted by the Government of the Russian Federation.
The Foreign Minister has announced his intention to begin the process of unification of legislation of South Ossetia in the field of customs legislation of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Russian Federation.