South Ossetia is ready to directly engage in dialogue with Georgia on any issues, and statements that Russia is preventing this are myths, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
"The South Ossetian side is ready for an open dialogue with Georgian representatives - this is a very important point - on any current issues and problems," Zakharova said at a briefing on Friday.
The State Council of the Republic of Crimea at an extraordinary session approved an agreement on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation with South Ossetia, the TASS news agency reported.
On April 18, 2019, as part of the V Yalta International Economic Forum, the head of Crimea Sergey Aksenov and President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov signed an agreement on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation for 2019-2022.
Republic of South Ossetia was proclaimed in 1990, and since then has had nothing to do with the territorial integrity of Georgia as a state. Therefore, when the United States or other UN states and international organizations affirm their recognition of the territorial integrity of Georgia, one should proceed from the composition, the territory in which Georgia entered the international community in 1992.
The embassy of South Ossetia in Abkhazia commemorated the peacekeepers, militias, soldiers and officers of the Russian army and civilians in Tskhinval perished in August 2008. President of Abkhazia Raul Khadjimba, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia Daur Kove, the head of the government of the Republic Valery Bganba and the Russian Ambassador to Abkhazia Alexey Dvinyanin took part in the memorial event, held on Thursday at the embassy of South Ossetia in Abkhazia.
The head of the mission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia in Italy, Mauro Murja, on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of the Georgian aggression in August 2008, laid flowers at the memorial in the Ardeatine caves of Rome.
"In this way, we honored the memory of the lost civilians of South Ossetia who were aggressed by Georgia 11 years ago. The laying of flowers at the monument erected in the Ardeatine caves in memory of Italians executed there by the Nazis in 1944 has a certain symbolic meaning," said Murja RIA Novosti.
Laying flowers and a memorial service in memory of the defenders of South Ossetia killed 11 years ago took place on Thursday, in Tiraspol near the chapel of St. George the Victorious, at the Memorial of Military Glory, reported the news Agency "News of Transnistria".
The event was attended by Deputy Prime Minister 0 Minister of Health of the PMR Alexei Turcan, head of the official representative office of South Ossetia in Transnistria, Vitaliy Yankovsky, members of the government, representatives of the authorities and the Public Chamber.
Small nations should go to the end even in a hopeless situation, the interlocutor of the “Realist” news agency notes, recalling the lessons of the August 2008 war
Ossetians made their choice in favor of Russia - in wars and conflicts they created a state, defended it and gained recognition and the statehood. This was stated by Chairman of the Board of the Fund for Support and Development of Jewish Culture, Traditions, Education and Science Mikhail Chernov.
The ceremony of laying wreaths and flowers at the places of death of the defenders of the city during the August 2008 war took place in Tskhinval.
The leadership of South Ossetia led by President Anatoly Bibilov, former presidents of South Ossetia Ludwig Chibirov and Leonid Tibilov, the Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Murat Kulakhmetov, a delegation from North Ossetia, guests of the Republic, military personnel and representatives of the Republic’s public attended the memorial ceremony.
Speaker of the South Ossetian Parliament, Alan Tadtaev, in his appeal on the 11th anniversary of the August 2008 war, published on the website of the legislative body, emphasized that “no matter how much time passes, people will remember the terrible wounds inflicted by the five-day war that claimed the lives of many of our compatriots “But our courageous and freedom-loving people showed their will and rallied in the face of the threat of extermination, and defended their native land, native language and culture, defended freedom and independence."
South Ossetia will always be grateful to Russia and its leaders for their help in August 2008 and subsequent support, said President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov.
“We will never tire of thanking the Russian Federation for saving the people of South Ossetia. For doing everything today to ensure the development of South Ossetia. It is doing everything for the world community to know the crimes that were committed against us. It is doing everything to make the recognition of South Ossetia irreversible, "said Anatoly Bibilov at a mourning event in Tskhinval.
