STEPANAKERT. - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on Tuesday sent a congratulatory message to President-elect of the Republic of South Ossetia, Leonid Tibilov.

“On behalf of the authorities, people of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and myself, I cordially congratulate you on your convincing victory in the presidential elections and being elected President of the Republic of South Ossetia.

Your rich experience as a state and political figure, knowledge and personal qualities will definitely contribute to further strengthening the independent South Ossetian statehood and give a new dynamism to its development.

I hope during your presidency the relations between our countries and peoples will reach a qualitatively new level.

I congratulate you once again on being elected to this high and responsible post. I wish you good luck and successes in all your undertakings directed at the prosperity of brotherly South Ossetia,” Sahakyan’s message specifically runs.