Archive - 24/9/2020

Issues related to security on the border of South Ossetia with Georgia were discussed on Thursday at the meeting in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM).

According to the head of the South Ossetian delegation to the IPRM Yegor Kochiev, the agenda included incidents that occurred in the border territories between South Ossetia and Georgia since the previous 96 meeting, held on July 30, issues of violation of the airspace of the South Ossetian Republic, the removal of the illegal Georgian post in the village of Uista.

South Ossetian Defense Minister Lieutenant General Ibragim Gasseev, on the invitation of Russian Defense Minister, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, will visit the final stage of the Kavkaz-2020 strategic command and staff exercise, which will be held at the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region on September 25.

According to the press service of the Defense Ministry, a number of heads of defense departments of foreign states, as well as representatives of the military diplomatic corps, have been invited to the large-scale event.