Russia Signs Military Units Inclusion Agreement With South Ossetia
16:59 31.03.2017(updated 17:57 31.03.2017)
The Russian and South Ossetian defense ministers, Army Gen. Sergei Shoigu and Lt. Gen. Ibragim Gasseyev on Friday signed an intergovernmental agreement on the inclusion of some of South Ossetian military units into the Russian Armed Forces.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) Shoigu said two documents were signed.
"The first one is on the inclusion into the Russian Armed Forces of some units of the South Ossetian Armed Forces, as well as the agreement on the activities of the courier services," he said.
The relevant agreement was approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 14. The agreement allows enlisting South Ossetian citizens in the Russian Armed Forces on the contract basis. According to the paper, while signing a contract on military service in the Russian Armed Forces, a citizen should be discharged from military service in South Ossetia. The further military service of those citizens would be carried out in accordance with the Russian legislation.
The South Ossetian side is set to elaborate documentation on restructuring its armed forces within three months after the agreement enters into force.
Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia, as well as of Abkhazia, following a five-day war that broke out due to Georgia's military operation against the breakaway republics in 2008.
© Sputnik
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