TSKHINVAL, July 14. /TASS/. South Ossetia’s acting President Marat Kambolov has lauded the role Russian peacekeepers have played in bringing order to the republic since they were deployed there 34 years ago.
A trilateral peacekeeping force was deployed to the republic on July 14, 1992 and put an end to a conflict that had been smoldering since 1989. This day was proclaimed a national holiday in South Ossetia - Peacekeeper’s Day.
"Peacekeeper’s Day is not a mere commemorative date for South Ossetia. This is a day of tribute to the people who once stood as the last line between life and death, between war and the future of an entire nation. Thirty-four years ago, peacekeeping forces came to our soil. This marked the beginning of a new stage in the history of our republic - a stage of creation, consolidation, and development. This meant that children could continue going to school, that mothers would no longer have to quiver at the sound of gunshots, that people did not have to flee and could build their homes, plant their gardens, and think about their future," Kambolov wrote on his Telegram channel.
Things are the way they are today, he said, thanks to the courage and selflessness of these peacekeepers, who were ready to lay down their lives for the greater good
