A meeting between Soslan Bekoev, Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Daniil Algulyan, Deputy Chairman of the State Development Corporation VEB.RF, took place in Moscow.
The meeting was attended by Yuri Averyanov, Advisor to Chairman of VEB.RF, Oleg Demidov, Managing Director, and Taimuraz Goginov, Trade Representative of South Ossetia in Russia.
The Alexander Tibilov South Ossetian State University and the Mashuk Knowledge Center signed a cooperation agreement.
The agreement was signed by Vadim Tedeev, Rector of the South Ossetian State University, and Anton Serikov, General Director of the Mashuk Knowledge Center, Deputy General Director of the Russian Society "Knowledge."
The signing took place at the Mashuk platform.
The parties agreed to develop long-term and effective cooperation aimed at achieving priority objectives and developing mechanisms to ensure the implementation of youth policy.
The Russian Federation currently views South Ossetia as the independent state. This was stated by the head of the Republic's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Akhsar Dzhioev, at the final press conference held at the Information and Press Committee, responding to the journalists' questions about the possibility of South Ossetia joining Russia.
"I would urge realism here; this is a bilateral process," Dzhioev has emphasized.
The Minister has noted that Russia's position on this issue has been repeatedly reaffirmed.
South Ossetia and the Russian Federation continue to actively develop bilateral relations. This was announced by the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev at the final press conference.
According to him, the parties have signed approximately 14 new documents this year, with another 12 in preparation.
"Interaction with Russia covers virtually all areas. To date, the number of our bilateral documents has already exceeded 140. The work continues," Dzhioev has emphasized.
Strengthening friendly relations with South Ossetia is a priority for the Russian Federation's state policy in the North Caucasus and serves the interests of both peoples, Police Colonel General Sergei Bachurin, Head of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the North Caucasus Federal District, stated during a meeting of the bilateral Committee of the South Ossetian and North Ossetian Ministries of Internal Affairs.
It's time for Tbilisi to stop dreaming about uniting its lands and adopt a pragmatic approach to assessing its perception of reality, the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry noted, commenting on the speech of the Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili at the 32nd OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Vienna.
"Bochorishvili did not fail to voice a set of clichéd statements about the 'occupation,' of the so-called territorial integrity of Georgia, and other assertions divorced from reality.
The international conference "The Role of Interaction between the Political Party Factions and Blocs in Inter-parliamentary Cooperation among the CIS Countries" was held in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in Moscow.
The parliamentary delegation from South Ossetia, headed by Zita Besaeva, First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament and Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Legislation, Rule of Law, and Local Self-Government, participated in the conference.
South Ossetia continues to inform the international community about the genocide of the Ossetian people. This was stated by the Republic's Foreign Minister, Akhsar Dzhioev, during the final press conference.
According to the Minister, South Ossetia is actively spreading the relevant materials to foreign countries.
"The South Ossetian Parliament once adopted the relevant documents on this topic collected, which South Ossetia tried to spread as widely as possible to foreign countries to convey the pain of the Ossetian people," he said.
A grand solo concert by the world opera star and People's Artist of the Republic Veronika Dzhioeva and the State Male Choir under President of South Ossetia took place in the capital of South Ossetia.
The event was attended by Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, Minister of Culture Rada Dzagoeva, ex- President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov, Rector of the South Ossetian State University Vadim Tedeev, and hundreds of admirers of the artist's work.
The evening's program featured the compositions of various genres and eras.
South Ossetia intends to take steps toward rapprochement with Belarus, the head of the Republic's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Akhsar Dzhioev,stated.
The Minister has emphasized that, as a first step, humanitarian, cultural and sporting cooperation between the two countries will be strengthened.
"Belarus is the interesting country for us, with shared historical ties," Dzhiev noted.
