Archive - 1/2013

Georgian expert community continues to comment on the results of the change of power in the country. The different experts offer different visions of the current events and the ways to improve them. It should be noted that, at the current transitional phase of development of the Georgian state, the media provide their sites for opposing points of view, of which Georgia got out of the habit since the reign of Saakashvili`s "National Movement".

January 29 the thirtieth meeting in the format of the Mechanisms on Prevention and Reaction to Incidents (MPRI) will be held in the village of Ergneti (Georgia) at the border of the Republic of South Ossetia.

The South Ossetian citizen Ippolit Makoev has been released from prison under the amnesty declared in Georgia. This information was confirmed by Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of South Ossetia.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has paid a working visit to Leningor district of the Republic, where he has met with the heads of departments of the district administration. As reported IA "Res" by a press secretary of the head of state Gana Yanovskaya, the president was interested in the work, carried out in all spheres of social life of the district.

The Geneva talks on security in Transcaucasia are still important for South Ossetia, as it is one of the key factors of stability in the region.
This has been stated by the Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev at a joint briefing with the Co-Chairs of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia, who have arrived today in Tskhinval.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received in Tskhinval the Co-chairs of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia. Opening the meeting, the President noted that the main purpose of the discussions was still the signing of a legally binding agreement on non-use of force by Georgia against South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

In Tskhinval is being held a meeting of co-chairs of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia, representing the OSCE, the EU and the UN, with members of the South Ossetian delegation at the discussions led by the RSO Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.

International non-profit association «Renaissance Saendidzaen» (Belgium) plans to hold the Ossetian Culture Days in Europe from May 27 to June 16, 2013. As reported to IA "Res" by the project member, a well- known South Ossetian opera singer Amaga Gotti (Irina Gotoeva), the event will be held in Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and Budapest.
According to her, assistance in organizing the event is provided by the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Brussels, the International Association of the Ossetian society "Renaissance" and the Russian Embassy in Belgium.
"Support in holding the Days of the Ossetian culture is also provided by a Prime Minister of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania Sergey Takoev and Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia David Sanakoev" - said Gotoeva.
She has added that within the framework of the Culture Days will be arranged an open-air exhibition of the European and Ossetian artists in the city of Monmedi.

Flash-poll: How would you comment on the statements of the head of the Georgian Orthodox Church Ilia II, who during the last visit to Moscow once again could not refrain from the political rhetoric, saying he was "confident in the return" of South Ossetia and Abkhazia to Georgia?

Archpriest of the Tskhinval churches, Father Jacob (Khetagurov):
Nothing new has happened to us, the rhetoric is the same. Georgia`s unwillingness to face the reality is obvious. They have been ignoring us for 15 years, pretending we do not exist.
On the other hand, this event – is the affair, the policy of the Russian and the Georgian Orthodox churches. Of course, it concerns us indirectly, we know their position, but obviously it has nothing to do with us. We have our national church, and there is no reason for panic.

January 23, 2013 at the winter session of PACE was adopted a final resolution on the report of Tina Aketoft "Georgia and Russia: the humanitarian situation in the areas affected by the conflict and war," which has arisen a number of serious issues in South Ossetia.
In the course of formation a new system of international relations that is taking place in the modern world, it is important this system to be stable. It should be based on several poles, reflecting the real weight of countries and regions in different parts of the world. PACE is a respected international platform, which must consider the interests of all countries on the basis of mutual respect and equality.