Monday, October 19, 2015

South Ossetia May Organize Referendum to Join Russia

The leader of South Ossetia is planning to organize a referendum to join Russia.

TSKHINVAL (South Ossetia) (Sputnik) – The leader of the breakaway Georgian republic of South Ossetia is planning to organize a referendum to join Russia, the president’s press service announced on Monday.

South Ossetia declared independence from Georgia in the early 1990s. Moscow recognized the region, as well as another Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia, as an independent state in August 2008 following an armed conflict with Tbilisi. The war prompted Georgia to declare South Ossetia and Abkhazia "occupied" territories.

"Today’s political realities are such that we have to make a historic choice, we must reunite with brotherly Russia," Leonid Tibilov said at a meeting with Russian Presidential Aide Vladislav Surkov.

Tibilov stressed that all the preparatory steps for the referendum would be coordinated with Russia. He did not give a specific date for the planned vote.

The Russian parliament, meanwhile, was reluctant to project the outcome of the plebiscite, as chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Commonwealth of Independent States told RIA Novosti.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a congratulatory message on the 25th anniversary of South Ossetia’s independence on September 20, affirmed Russia’s readiness to continue providing social, economic and national security assistance to the republic.

  (Sputnik)
19/10/15
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  1. L'Ossétie du Sud prône un rattachement à la Russie...

    Le leader de l'Ossétie du Sud, Leonid Tibilov, envisage d'organiser un référendum en vue de rejoindre la Russie.

    M.Tibilov a également précisé que toutes les mesures visant à mettre en œuvre les résultats du référendum seraient effectuées juste après la négociation avec la partie russe.

    "Les réalités politiques d'aujourd'hui sont telles que nous devons faire notre choix historique, soit nous unir avec la Russie fraternelle et assurer pour des siècles la sécurité et la prospérité de notre pays et de notre peuple", a déclaré Leonid Tibilov.

    Le dirigeant de l'Ossétie du Sud a également promis d'impliquer de larges couches de la population à l'organisation du référendum et de faire appel aux dirigeants de différents partis et organisations publiques afin d'obtenir un soutien.

    Il est à noter que l'Ossétie du Sud avait déjà organisé un référendum sur son rattachement à la Russie en 1995, à l'issue duquel 99% des participants s'étaient prononcés pour l'adhésion.
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