STEPANAKERT. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on Friday sent a congratulatory address to President Leonid Tibilov of the Republic of South Ossetia.

 “On behalf of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic authorities, people and myself, I congratulate you and the entire people of South Ossetia on the Day of the Republic.

“During those years of hard challenges, the Republic of South Ossetia demonstrated to the world a strong determination to live freely proving that it successfully overcomes all the difficulties that stand on the way of building a dynamically developed independent state.

“I am confident that the spirit of friendship and close cooperation will continue to define the relations between our two countries and people.

“Once again [please] accept my sincere congratulations on this national holiday. Peace and prosperity to the fraternal Republic of South Ossetia, and success to you on the way of further developing and strengthening the independent statehood,” the NKR President’s address runs.