APPEAL OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE SOVIET REPUBLIC OF SOUTH OSSETIA On impossibility of establishing the border between North and South Ossetia

The Supreme Council of the Soviet Republic of South Ossetia expresses its appreciation to the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation for its efforts in stabilizing the situation in the Republic of South Ossetia and settling the issue of political status of the Republic of South Ossetia on the basis of democratic principles and international norms.

At the same time it should be underlined that today the Ossetian people are the victims of gross violation of the international law, as the people are subjected to the intentional and artificial division, without any legal, political and economic bases.

With this regard the Supreme Council of the Republic of South Ossetia makes another appeal to the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation and asks to recognize the state independence of the Republic of South Ossetia and consider the issue on unification of South Ossetia into Russia. There was no state border between North and South Ossetia and it may not be in a future. The Russian border may be established only along the southern border of the Republic of South Ossetia with Georgia.

Adopted at the session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of South Ossetia

Tskhinval, 12 March 1993

(Conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Documents 1989-2006 (Supplement to “Kavkazskie Sborniki”, edition #1). Collected and commented by M. A. Volkhonski, B. A. Zakharov, N. Y. Silaev. – Moscow, 2008, p. 221/in Russian)