On the occasion of the 16th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia received a congratulatory letter on behalf of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of South Ossetia, which states in particular:
“The exchange of the corresponding notes, which took place on 9 September 2008, became a truly historic event for our states, it marked the transition to a fundamentally new phase of bilateral relations and indicated a completely new stage of the development of South Ossetia as an independent and sovereign state”.