Abkhaz MPs Vitaly Smyr and Yuri Sukhba will monitor South Ossetian presidential polls and a referendum on the status of the Russian language as international observers, Ossetia.ru reports.
South Ossetian Chairman of Parliament Zurab Kokoyev invited the deputies. They arrived in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia. Vitaly Smyr is a Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Budget, Credit Organizations, Taxes and Finances. Yuri Zukhba is a Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Legislature, Court-Legal Reform and State Construction.