South Ossetian army units became part of the Russian Armed Forces
Defense Ministers of Russia and South Ossetia, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu and Lieutenant General Ibragim Gasseev, signed an interstate agreement on the procedure for the entry of certain units of the republic's army into the Russian Armed Forces, TASS . reports According to Shoigu, Russia, as before, considers cooperation with South Ossetia as one of the stabilizing factors in the Caucasus. “In general, we have a long-standing relationship,” he said.