The South Ossetian youth organization, “We Alone,” has declared in an open letter to the presidents of Russia, Georgia and the United States, the United Nations General Secretary and the OSCE chairman-in-office, that the Caucasus republic should be internationally recognized, Interfax reports.
“South Ossetia…in accordance with acting legislation and the supreme democratic criterion, the people’s will, stayed within the Soviet Union and after its collapse, legally proclaimed its own independence,” the letter says.
“Only the international recognition of South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Transdniestria,” the letter continues, “can improve regional security and save the lives of civilians, women, children and the elderly.”
The organization calls on youth forces in South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Transdniestria to unite “in common efforts aimed at the recognition of our states’ independence and protecting them from external aggressors.”