Republican political party "New Ossetia" with great amazement has perceived the information about the meeting of a number of members of the Moscow Ossetian community with Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II, which took place "in a warm and friendly atmosphere." This is expressed in the today`s official statement of the party.
"The meeting took place during the visit of the leader of the Church of Georgia to the Russian Federation, during which he called for the elimination of the state of South Ossetia. We are confident that the officials, who have met with him, knew about his infamous "Emergency Order" issued 1990, which contains the tacit approval of the murders of all nations, except the Georgians, and the blessing of the military flag of Georgia with the desire to hoist it in Tskhinval and Sukhum. Using his religious dignity he blesses all crimes committed against the Ossetian people from 1989 to the present day. For all that, some members of the Moscow Ossetian community, meeting him, have shown their indifference to the struggle of the people of South Ossetia against the centuries-old national oppression by Georgia, neglecting numerous victims of our people, "- is said in the statement.
Such behavior, according to members of the party, is against the interests of the Ossetian people, and these individuals have lost credibility and the right to represent the Ossetian people and speak on their behalf.
The party has appealed to the leadership of the Moscow Ossetian community and its members with a proposal to exclude from their ranks these members, who are discrediting them.
In connection with the above, the party has also proposed to the relevant authorities of South Ossetia to deny entry of these persons into South Ossetia and to strip them of the honorary titles and awards of the Republic of South Ossetia.
