The Parliament of South Ossetia asks the President to recognize the independence of the Lugansk

The South Ossetian Parliament of VI convocation today, June 18, gathered at the last session, which adopted an appeal to President Leonid Tibilov with the request to recognize the independence of Lugansk national Republic. So the Parliament reacted to the appeal of the Supreme Council LNR a petition to recognize its independent sovereign state, sent on 16 June the President and the Parliament of South Ossetia.
the deputies unanimously supported this decision.
in a statement to the President reported that the deputies of Parliament and all the people of South Ossetia, watching the development of the tragic events in the South-East of Ukraine." Analysis of contemporary political history shows that the process of formation of new countries may have a legitimate legal framework. A referendum may eleven confirmed that more than 90% of inhabitants of Lugansk national Republic expressed its will to independence ", - says the statement by the President.

Parliament stresses that although valeisienes on the referendum took place against the background of the Kiev authorities ' large-scale military operations, which were used armored vehicles and artillery, aviation, with confidence it is possible to speak about the real will of the people, on the observance of democratic principles of a referendum and the observance of the norms of domestic law.
The Parliament of South Ossetia has confirmed adherence to the fundamental principles of contemporary international law, one of which is the right of people to self-determination. Recognizing this right as " higher ground ownership and disposal of the country and, consequently, the choice of its borders, the Parliament addressed the President of South Ossetia to recognize the independence of Lugansk national Republic.


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