Russian and S. Ossetian leaders to sign new treaty next week - source
MOSCOW. March 12 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and South Ossetian leader Leonid Tibilov are expected to sign a treaty to further promote integration processes between the two countries in Moscow next week, a source in the Russian presidential administration told Interfax on Thursday.
"The document has already passed all required procedures and negotiations, and we expect the presidents of the two countries to sign it in Moscow next week," he said.
The source denied media claims that the document is "still unfinished and is not ready for signature."
The treaty on allied relations and integration is expected to help Russia and South Ossetia gradually bolster their cooperation in socioeconomic and humanitarian issues, as well as in foreign policy, defense and security, the Russian government said earlier.