Russia, South Ossetia sign state border treaty

  18 February 2015    Read: 687
Russia, South Ossetia sign state border treaty
Russia and South Ossetia on Wednesday signed a treaty setting out the position of their joint border.
The foreign ministers of the two countries, Sergey Lavrov and David Sanakoev, inked the deal in Moscow.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry noted on Tuesday that "such a document is of cornerstone importance for interstate relations between neighbouring countries".

"We hope that this will dispel insinuations disseminated by the Georgian side that an alleged `annexation`, `merger`, `accession of South Ossetia [to Russia]` is being prepared," the ministry said in a statement, adding that "the aim of such speculations is to discredit Russian policy in the South Caucasus and to distort the essence of its cooperation with young republics."

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