The Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia signed an agreement of cooperation in customs sphere. The ceremony of initialing has eventuated today in the capital of Abkhazia Sukhum. The document has been signed by the State Customs Committee of RA chairman Grigory Enik and the Head of the RSO State Customs department Konstantin Kabisov.
«The last Georgia’s proposals on reintegration of Abkhazia and South Ossetia into Georgia and offers of some high ranks in power structures are absolutely unfounded». This was stated to IA «Res» correspondent by the deputy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Alan Pliev on commenting proposed by Georgia terms of RSO and RA entering Georgia. «First of all one should say that South Ossetia and Abkhazia are sovereign States nobody has a right to predetermine their destiny. During two referendums people made their choice and will never change it. The population of South Ossetia, including Georgians consider themselves as citizens of independent state»-underlined Alan Pliev.
Today at 11:00 the capital of Abkhazia Sukhum will play host for the meeting of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh and the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity. During the meeting the Presidents will discuss the questions of the economic cooperation, including customs sphere and trade and industrial interaction.
The Government working group consisting of the deputy of RSO Prime Minister Taimuraz Chochiev, the Minister of Health and social development Nugzar Gabaraev and the Minister of Road-building Rudolf Tskhovrebov visited Kvaisa town of Djava district of RSO. The purpose of the visit was to meet district inhabitants to determine their problems and the ways of their solution. This was informed to IA «Res» correspondent by RSO Prime Minister press secretary Zarina Sanakoeva.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Murat Djioev received representatives of ECFR, a new pan-European initiative on research and advocacy, Mark Leonard and Nikolae Popescu. As Nikolae Popescu has informed «Res» correspondent their visit is of familiarization character.
The blockade of Ossetian villages conducted by the armed formations of Georgian force structures from 24 March to 6 April 2008 brought to Ossetian people human losses apart from acute shortage of foodstuffs, life necessities and medicines. Having been on the edge of humanitarian disaster, the inhabitants of Ossetian villages were deprived of medical assistance, what was noted with indignation even by Georgian ambulancemen.
The headquarters of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member-States of «For democracy and nations rights» society will be relocated from Moscow to one of IPA Member Republics towns. This was informed to IA «Res» correspondent by the deputy of RSO Parliament Chairman Tarzan Kokoity.
«It was decided from the outset that the headquarters of the Interpaliamentary Assembly will be located in one of our republics, either in Abkhazia or in South Ossetia or in Transdnistria. But taking in account the tense situation that time in the Transdnistrian-Moldovan Republic, the Republik of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia due to the pressure of Georgian and Moldovan authorities it was decided to start working in Moscow»-said Kokoity.
«We must demand the recognition of the republic of South Ossetia, not just beg» - stated to IA «Res» correspondent the deputy of the Chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania Stanislav Kesaev while commenting the process of RSO recognition.
«I hope now after the actions undertaking by the RF President the process of RSO recognition will not stop. I do understand that the recognition will not happen today or tomorrow but, unambiguously, this process should not stop and every day we should do something new for this». Stanislav Kesaev expresses a hope that South Ossetia will be supported in the question of recognition in Russian Federation wide political cycles. «I very much liked as much as possible officials in Russia to be aware that at the north and at the south of Ossetia will be done everything possible for obtaining of our common goal».
International community as well as Russia can not be indifferent to the processes over South Ossetia, stated plenipotentiary representative of the Republic of South Ossetia to Russia Dmitry Medoev. He noted that «eighteen year independent existence of the Republic of South Ossetia and other self-determined States could not be missed by the international community. It is nonsense. The Republic of South Ossetia succeeded as an independent democratic state with all the fasces.
The President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity received guests who arrived to the «Edinstvo» party jubilee from Russia, RNO-Alania, including the deputies from Russian Federation State Duma «Edinaya Rossia» group, representatives of «Edinaya Rossia» from the North Caucasus republics and the Moscow city Duma as well as the Cossacks from the Great Don Army headed by the Ataman, Cossack general Victor Vodolatsky.