TheDeputy Speaker of the Federation Council met with the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia.
Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev met with Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia Alan Alborov, who heads a delegation of South Ossetian observers at the Russian presidential election.
Attendees included Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Grigory Karasin, members of the Commission on Cooperation between the Federation Council and the Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Russian senators Krym Kazanokov and Vitaly Nazarenko.
“Centuries-old bonds of friendship underlie the relations between Russia and South Ossetia,” Konstantin Kosachev said.
In his opinion, interparliamentary interaction is quite intense. By way of example, the Deputy Federation Council Speaker singled out the activities of the Interparliamentary Commission on Cooperation, as well as the involvement of South Ossetian delegations in the work of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia.
Konstantin Kosachev thanked the South Ossetian side for supporting Russia on the international scene. He noted that Russia would continue to assist South Ossetia in building a modern and economically self-sufficient state.
The Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council suggested focusing on the implementation of the current contractual-legal framework that aims to harmonise South Ossetian and Russian legislation and to prioritise the modernisation of the social sphere.
During their conversation, the officials discussed matters related to the Agreement on Resolving Dual Citizenship Issues and efforts to update multiple bylaws in this sphere.
They also touched upon Russian MPs’ assistance to their South Ossetian colleagues in establishing and expanding international contacts.
Members of the South Ossetian parliamentary delegation shared their impressions of the voting process in Russia and invited the senators to monitor elections to the Parliament of South Ossetia in the summer of 2024.