TSKHINVALI, South Ossetia – Attempts by the Georgian Republic to interfere with South Ossetia’s parliamentary elections on May 31 were thwarted, the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

While the European Union and NATO have dismissed the election as illegitimate, international observers have deemed the election process fair, including an Italian member of the EU, who declared the vote a “model of democracy.”

Moldavian monitors have also called for authorities to recognize the election results, reporting that polling stations were operated according to international standards.  The same monitors added that Moldavia should now recognize South Ossetia as an independent state.

Georgia Times – Moldavian monitors at South Ossetian elections called on the authorities to recognize it – 5 June 2006

Moscow News – The week in review—South Ossetia elections denounced by West – 4 June 2009

INO.com – NATO Rejects South Ossetia Elections Results – 2 June 2009