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Ambassador of South Ossetia in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and part-time in the Republic of Nicaragua Narim Kozaev was presented the state award - the Order of Friendship, the press service of the South Ossetian Embassy in Russia reports

The award was presented to the Ambassador on Friday in Moscow by President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov.

Minister of Defense of South Ossetia Ibrahim Gasseev received an invitation from the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu to take part in the IX Moscow Conference on International Security, which will be held April 21-23 this year. This was reported by the press service of the defense department.

The organizer of a large-scale event is the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov instructed his ambassador for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev to raise the issue of the Ossetian people’s genocide in 1920 at the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia

The Security Council of South Ossetia to prevent the outbreak of the coronavirus COVID-19 in the Republic has made a decision to close all the simplified checkpoints on the border with Georgia.

"The virus is spreading all over the world, now it has reached the neighboring Georgia. This is a serious challenge for South Ossetia, and the reaction should be prompt, at the same time balanced and correct," said President Anatoly Bibilov at a meeting of the Security Council on Thursday.

President Anatoly Bibilov instructed to prepare a decree on the determination of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Ossetian Genocide, and include it in the calendar of state memorial days.

He has noted this at a meeting of the commission on the memorialization of the 1920 genocide, which was held under his chairmanship.

After discussing the issue, members of the commission unanimously decided to proclaim June 20 as the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Genocide - the day of the execution of 13 Communards.

President Anatoly Bibilov met with Russian rock singer Yulia Chicherina, who arrived in Tskhinval on the invitation of the head of the South Ossetian state, the presidential press service said.

The concert of the singer will take place on Tuesday at the Kosta Khetagurov.State Drama Theater.

The meeting was also attended by a participant in the Donbass war, Hero of the DPR Ahra Avidzba and military commander Semyon Pegov, who is the author of the patriotic song “Volunteer”.

Boxers from South Ossetia Georgy Kabisov, Dmitry Bagaev and Yan Yaralov won the Golden Gloves International Tournament by winning gold medals, the Committee on Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism of the Republic reports.

The International Boxing Tournament dedicated to the 32nd anniversary of the founding of the Donetsk Golden Gloves boxing sports club has ended in the Donetsk People’s Republic..