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The head of the South Ossetian delegation at a meeting in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRMI), Yegor Kochiev, rejected the accusations of Georgia about the alleged violation of the Georgian airspace by a Russian helicopter.

"The Georgian party accused us of having crossed the Georgian airspace by a Russian helicopter, and activated this issue during the IPRM meeting, but did not provide any evidence," Kochiev told reporters on the results of the IPRM meeting on Thursday in the border region of Ergnet.

Deputy head of the Italian city of Randazzo, where more than 300 kinds of wine are made, has compared Ossetian wine with the Sicilian one, told reporters Deputy head of the city of Randazzo Carmelo Tindaro Scalizi at a briefing in Tskhinval.

"We have tasted the Ossetian wine – it is very good, it resembles the Sicilian wine in taste," said the Deputy head of Randazzo.

On the eve of the meeting, President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, during a meeting with the Italian delegation, presented them bottles of the Ossetian export wine produced at the “Ironsan Winery”.

President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, took part in the second meeting of the South Ossetian-Russian Joint Demarcation Commission, the press service of the head of state reports.

Joint tourist exchange projects are planning to implement the cities of Randazzo and Tskhinval within the framework of the Friendship and Cooperation Agreement, told reporters on Thursday representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia in Italy, Mauro Murgia,.

“We are working to implement tourist exchange projects. This would be beneficial for both Tskhinval and Randazzo,” said Murgia.

The South Ossetian party in the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) has reported on the violation of the airspace of the Republic by an unknown unmanned aerial vehicle that flew into South Ossetia from Georgia, told reporters Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement Yegor Kochiev after the IPRM meeting in in the village of Ergneti..

“The drone violated the airspace of the Republic three times in the region of the Seribalta settlement, where is stationed the border guard of South Ossetia,” Kochiev said.

The South Ossetian party in the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) condemned the violation of the state border of the Republic with Georgia by Georgian policemen. As Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of the of the RSO for post-conflict settlement, Yegor Kochiev, told reporters after the IPRM meeting, since the previous meeting had been recorded two cases of violation of the state border by Georgian policemen.

On May 20, South Ossetia will host commemorative events to mark the 27th anniversary of the 1992 ZAR tragedy. As noted by Minister of Culture of the Republic Zhanna Zasseeva during the meeting with representatives of state organizations, May 20 is the day of memory and sorrow in the Republic.

Former IBF and WBA world champion in the first heavyweight Russian Murat Gassiev, most likely, will hold his first heavyweight fight on July 27, media reports referring to ESPN.

Gassiev will perform on the undercard of the tournament, which will lead the fight with the participation of WBO world junior welterweight champion Maurice Hooker. The venue and the opponent of the Russian boxer have not yet been determined.

Tskhinval and Randazzo became sister cities - the corresponding document was signed on Wednesday.

The delegation of the province of Catania (Italian Republic) visited South Ossetia. A meeting of the Italian guests with the leadership of the administration of the city of Tskhinval took place. Following the meeting, a Cooperation Agreement was signed.

The head of the Tskhinval city administration, Alan Kochiev, thanked the guests for the visit, and announced his intention to develop relations between the cities.

President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, said that the development of cooperation between the Italian and South Ossetian cities would help the relations of South Ossetia and Italy to reach the interstate level. The head of state said this at a meeting with the Deputy head of the city of Randazzo Carmelo Tindaro Scalizi in Tskhinval.