Recently Republic of South Ossetia was frequently visited by representatives of different western countries. Yesterday it was the delegation of the European Parliament, today it was the visit of the Ambassadors from different western countries and one the directors of the rose revolution John Theft.
As it was expected, the visits did not have any concrete results. At the meetings with the President of the RSO Eduard Kokoity western parliamentarians and diplomats expressed one-sided progeorgian position without considering the arguments of the Ossetian side. The guests were especially concerned about the fact of shooting at the Georgian helicopter that violated air space of South Ossetia. This incident was qualified as a crime. The information about opening fire from Georgian helicopter at a kindergarten and funeral procession in the same Znauri region the Ambassadors preferred to leave without any attention. These type of activities in the civilized world are evaluated as crimes and as acts of air piracy. The main objective of such visits is just to visit and go back home without even trying to find out and understand the stand of the Ossetian nation.
Irina Kadzhaeva, Politologist
