South Ossetian leadership stated more than once that first priority in foreign policy for South Ossetia is further integration with Russian Federation. The process of integration between two states is going on intensively. To date there are signed more than 70 international agreements, a number of new agreements are presently in process of elaboration, besides, negotiations of signing of new agreement of friendship and cooperation are under way.
A significant streamline of Southossetian political activity is also a strengthening of traditionally friendly relations with Republic of Abkhazia, however reports in some media that there are negotiations between the Republic of South Ossetia and Republic of Abkhazia of possible joining of South Ossetia to the agreement between Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia are groundless. To date in the Republic of South Ossetia the issue of signing of tripartite agreement even is not under discussion.
We also inform that an Ambassador of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Republic of Abkhazia O. I. Botsiev was summoned to Tskhinval for consultations.
Tskhinval, September 3, 2014