Donetsk People's Republic–South Ossetia relations

Donetsk People's Republic–South Ossetia relations are foreign relations between the Donetsk People's Republic and South Ossetia. Both of them are unrecognized states and disputed territories, where the Donetsk People's Republic is considered Ukrainian territory and South Ossetia is considered as Georgia's territory.

Donetsk People's Republic–South Ossetia relations

Donetsk People's Republic
South Ossetia
Diplomatic mission
Representative Office of South Ossetia, Donetsk

History

Donetsk was an oblast of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and South Ossetia was an autonomous oblast of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic during the Soviet Union.

In April 2014, Eastern pro-Russian separatists occupied the city of Donetsk and declared independence from Ukraine. In the meantime, South Ossetian Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Medoyev received a delegation from Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Chairman Denis Pushilin at the latter's request. During the meeting, Pushilin asked Medoyev to address an appeal to South Ossetian president Leonid Tibilov and parliamentary Chairman Stanislav Kochiev to recognize the DPR's independence.[1]

On June 27, South Ossetia's Security Council decided to recognize the Donetsk People's Republic. South Ossetia's president told the media: "I believe the recognition of the Donetsk republic is the right step, South Ossetia's people support and hail the decision to recognize Donetsk and Luhansk."[2]

On May 13, 2015, the Donetsk People's Republic Foreign Ministry said in a statement that President Alexander Zakharchenko signed the decree recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia.[3]

On June 18, 2016, the President of Abkhazia, Raul Khajimba, stated he appreciated the Donetsk People's Republic's recognition of Abkhazia. However, he stated that recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics by Abkhazia would be inappropriate as both are in talks with the government of Ukraine to grant them greater autonomy, not independence, as per the Minsk II agreement.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic asks S. Ossetia to recognize its independence". Kyiv Post. 2014-06-21. Archived from the original on 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  2. "South Ossetia recognizes independence of Donetsk People's Republic". ITAR-TASS. 2014-06-27. Archived from the original on 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  3. "Ukrainian separatists recognize Abkhazia, South Ossetia". TurkishWeekly. 2015-05-13. Archived from the original on 2015-08-02. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  4. "СТЕНОГРАММА ПРЕСС-КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ РАУЛЯ ХАДЖИМБА ДЛЯ АБХАЗСКИХ СМИ (ЧАСТЬ I)". ПРЕЗИДЕНТ РЕСПУБЛИКИ АБХАЗИЯ. 2015-05-16.
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