South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity said Tuesday he would ask Russia to set up a military base in the Georgian separatist region, Interfax news agency reported.
"We are ready to reach a friendship agreement with Russia," Kokoity was quoted as saying after President Dmitry Medvedev announced that Russia will recognise South Ossetia and Abkhazia, another rebel region, as independent countries.
"I also will propose that Russia station a Russian military base in South Ossetia," Kokoity said.

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