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There can be no talk of any form of reunification of South Ossetia with Georgia, said Foreign Minister of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev.

“There can never be any form of “reunification”. The train left a long time ago, already in 1989, and Georgia still continues to stand on that volume of the station ... South Ossetia is building its state without regard to Georgia, we are not interested in the opinion of its "friends",” Medoev said in an interview with European Euromedia24.com news agency, which is published on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On May 29, 2018, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Republic of South Ossetia agreed on mutual recognition and establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries at the embassy level.

The signed communiqué noted that the two countries were striving "towards the establishment and development of full-scale political, economic and cultural cooperation." It is emphasized that the actions of the countries will comply with the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 1961 and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of April 23, 1963.

South Ossetia is successfully building relations with the Russian Federation, which is a reliable friend and security guarantor for the Rpublic, said South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov, speaking at a solemn meeting on the 27th anniversary of the adoption of the Act of Independence.

“Thanks to the help of Great Russia, we have defended our freedom and independence, and today we are confident in our future,” said the head of state.

The first Russian-Ossetian youth forum will be held from June 11 to 15, the press service of the Committee on Youth Policy, Sport and Tourism of the Republic informs.
Young people from Russia, Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics, Transnistria, Abkhazia and Ossetia will gather together in the hospitable land of South Ossetia.

The meeting of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov and Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu took place in Moscow, the press service of the President of the Republic reports. The meeting was also attended by Minister of Defense Ibrahim Gasseev, Ambassador to the Russian Federation Znaur Gassiev, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexander Fomin and First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Sergey Rudskoy.

In Moscow, was held a meeting between the President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, and Minister for Northern Caucasus Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Chebotarev. The meeting was attended by Ambassador of the Republic to the Russian Federation Znaur Gassiev, Deputy Minister for North Caucasus Affairs Igor Koshin.

Murat Dzhiioev, Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of South Ossetia for Post-Conflict Settlement, has received representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross - the ICRC coordinator for the missing persons - Lina Milner and the coordinator for forensic medical examination of the ICRC Maria Mikelidi.

As part of the implementation by the Government of St. Petersburg of the state policy of the Russian Federation towards compatriots abroad, the XII Youth Forum "Russian Abroad", organized by the Committee on External Relations of St. Petersburg with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, was held in the northern capital.

President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, met with Minister of Emergency Situations of Abkhazia Lev Kvitsinia. RA Ambassador to the RSO Alan Elbakiyev, Ambassador of the RSO to the RA Oleg Botsiev, Deputy Head of the Emergencies Ministry of South Ossetia Atsamaz Bestaev also took part in the meeting.

The units of the Southern Military Districtin 2019 will take part in a number of international exercises, the press service of the Southern Military District reports with reference to the meeting of the Military Council, which was held on Saturday under the leadership of Colonel-General Alexander Dvornikov, commander of the Southern Military District.