Russian president's assistant Vladislav Surkov said that Russia's relations with “South Ossetia” will always have strategic importance.

Surkov congratulated the de facto president of "South Ossetia" on the Day of Courage and National Unity.

"On this day 29 years ago, the devoted citizens of South Ossetia stopped Georgian nationalists at Tskhinvali and thus started fighting for the independence of South Ossetia," reads the letter of congratulations.

He said "the relations with South Ossetia are important for Russia and development of allied relations will always have a strategic importance."