Georgia's receipt of candidate status for joining the European Union does not guarantee its entry into the international alliance, this opinion was expressed by the head of the information and analytical department of the South Ossetian Presidential Executive Office, political scientist Yuri Vazagov at the press conference in Tskhinval.
The signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation on September 17, 2008 created the conditions for expanding the South Ossetian-Russian political dialogue, increasing bilateral cooperation in trade, economic, scientific, technical, humanitarian and other fields, according to the press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia published on the official website of the Ministry.
For 15 years since the recognition of South Ossetia, Russia has been supporting the Republic in every way in all respects, ensuring its security, which is of great importance for the people, - South Ossetian expert Alan Dzhussoev said in a commentary to IA “Res ”.
Russia's decision in August 2008 to protect South Ossetia from Georgian troops was right, Akhsar Dzhioev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, told RIA Novosti.
The Foreign Minister has reminded that in August 2008, while the whole world was watching the opening of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, the Georgian army, trained according to NATO standards, tried to occupy South Ossetia.
Fifteen years ago, tragic events took place in South Ossetia, which, without exaggeration, can be called a turning point in the modern history of the South Ossetian people, dividing the life of the country into "before" and "after", the press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia says on the 15th anniversary of Georgia's armed aggression against South Ossetia.
On the 15th anniversary of the tragic events of August 2008, South Ossetia is once again appealing to the entire civilized world with a call to condemn the Georgian aggression against the people of the Republic and is calling to account all those responsible, the RSO Embassy in the Russian Federation said in the message sent to all diplomatic missions accredited in the Russian Federation. to all diplomatic missions accredited in the Russian Federation, as well as to the interests section of Georgia at the embassy Switzerland.
The state has the right to use any means against unmanned aerial vehicles if its airspace is violated, the head of the South Ossetian delegation Уgor Kochiev noted after the meeting in the IPRM format, answering the question of whether the parties discussed the new procedure for the use of weapons and military equipment during protection of the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia.
The main objective of the visit of the Russian delegation to South Ossetia is to search for opportunities for the economic development of the Eepublic, said Dmitry Volvach, Deputy Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, summing up the inspection trip of President of the Republic of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev and the Russian delegation on the facilities under construction in the Republic.
In the resolution of the UN General Assembly on the situation of internally displaced persons and refugees from South Ossetia and Abkhazia there is no a word that the cause of the problem is the military aggression unleashed by Georgia in 1989 against the South Ossetian and Abkhaz peoples, the RSO Foreign Ministry said in a commentary.
Delegates from South Ossetia took part in the II Eurasian meeting of Russian compatriots from the countries of the Near Abroad, Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa in Tajikistan.
As reported to IA “Res” by Anzhelika Bukovskaya, one of the Forum participants, a member of the Coordinating Council of the Organization of Russian Compatriots in South Ossetia, told “the forum brought together representatives of the Russian community from almost all countries of the Eurasian continent.”