Archive - 5/3/2020

South Ossetia will condemn the genocide committed against ethnic Ossetians at all venues accessible to it,” said the Head of State Anatoly Bibilov at a regular meeting of the Commission on memorialization of the Ossetian genocide.

“We must do everything possible to convey the facts of genocide to the world community and make every effort to recognize the genocide of the Ossetian people by Georgia,” said President Anatoly Bibilov.

June 20 in South Ossetia has become a Memorial Day for the victims of the genocide of the Ossetian people, President Anatoly Bibilov said at the meeting of the commission to perpetuate the memory of the events of 1920 on Thursday.

"Today I signed a decree on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Ossetian Genocide. For the Ossetian people, recognition of the genocide is recognition of tragedy. The main message is to bring to the international community the idea that the political elite of Georgia has always been hostile to Ossetians," Bibilov said at a meeting commission.

Chairman of the People’s Council of the DPR Vladimir Bidevka received a delegation from the Republic of South Ossetia in Donetsk, the press service of the National Assembly reports.

President Anatoly Bibilov will address the message to the people and Parliament of South Ossetia, the presidential press service reports.

In accordance with paragraph 19 of Article 50 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia, the President’s message addresses the situation in the country and the main directions of the state’s foreign and domestic policy.

On Wednesday, a meeting was held between Speaker of the South Ossetian legislative body Alan Tadtaev and Chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania Alexei Machnev.

The heads of legislative bodies discussed the signing of an agreement between the parliaments of South and North Ossetia, as well as ongoing work to recognize the genocide of the Ossetian people in 1920.