(www.civil.ge) - Breakaway South Ossetia will hold an independence referendum on November 12, 2006 the same day that presidential elections are scheduled in the unrecognized republic, the South Ossetian Press and Information Committee reported on September 11, reports Trend.
The following question will be put forward at the referendum: Do you agree with the preservation of the South Ossetian Republics current status of independent state and [for South Ossetia] to be internationally recognized?
The unrecognized republics president, Eduard Kokoity, signed a decree on holding the referendum, according to the South Ossetian Press and Information Committee.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry warned in an August 29 statement that breakaway South Ossetias plans to hold the referendum aims to deliberately heighten tension and destabilize the situation in the region, which will lead to a disruption of the peace process.
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