A group of parliamentarians, on behalf of the the South Ossetian Parliament Speaker Alan Margiev, visited the area where the special military operation is being conducted to provide support to Ossetian servicemen and deliver humanitarian aid, the Parliament's press service reported.
The ratification of the agreement between the governments of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on trade regime was discussed in Tskhinval at the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Policy and Inter-parliamentary relations, chaired by Zaza Driaev. This was reported by the press service of Parliament of South Ossetia.
It was noted that the agreement was developed based on the sovereign right of each country to conduct the independent foreign economic policy, with the intention of facilitating the creation of a single market for goods, services, capital, and labor.
The South Ossetian KGB, with the assistance of the Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs, detained a resident of the village of Leningor, suspected of transmitting information to the foreign media outlets affiliated with Georgian intelligence services, the agency's press service reports.
"The media used the citizen in propaganda the efforts to promote the interests of Georgia and its Western partners," the press service stated.
Georgia needs to understand that Russia's recognition of South Ossetia's independence will not change, and move toward building constructive relations, South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev told RIA Novosti.
"Regarding Tbilisi's calls for Russia to withdraw from South Ossetia and revoke its recognition, we have repeatedly seen the Russian Federation emphasize these decisions at the highest level. And Russia, as a nuclear power and a major global power, will not reverse these decisions. I think Georgia needs to accept and recognize these realities," he said
On the instructions of the South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev, the important meeting was held in Moscow between his official representatives on the issues of supporting participants in the special military operation and the leadership of the Fatherland Defenders Foundation, the Presidential press service reports. ⠀⠀
The South Ossetian government has not lost hope of signing a legally binding document on the non-use of force by Georgia against South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This opinion was expressed by the Republic's Foreign Minister, Akhsar Dzhioyv, to TASS.
The issue of removing the Georgian police post near the village of Uista remains a key issue for South Ossetia. Yegor Kochiev, head of the South Ossetian delegation to the IPRM, told journalists.
According to him, this issue is raised at every meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism.
"Such issues cannot be resolved within a single meeting or a single request. However, the work is underway in this direction, and there have already been some positive developments," Kochiev has noted.
One violation of the South Ossetian state border by the Georgian citizens has been recorded since the last meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms.
Yegor Kochiev, a head of the South Ossetian delegation to the IPRM, told journalists.
According to him, the final 129th IPRM meeting of the year took place on Monday in the village of Ergnet, during which the results of the year were partially summarized.
Representatives of South Ossetia took part in the online conference "Transnistria: 35 Years in the International Coordinate System," organized by the Council of Young Diplomats of Transnistria. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia.
The next meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) will be held on Monday at the border between South Ossetia and Georgia, in the village of Ergnet.
The main topic of the discussion will once again be the Georgian police post illegally stationed in the village of Uista, South Ossetia, since late August 2019.
The participants will also address the border security issues and analyze the data on the border violations since the previous IPRM meeting.
