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The delegations of South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and Russia at the 67th round of the International Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia (IDS) reiterated their demand that Georgia commit to the non-use of force and expressed serious concern over its intensified integration into the North Atlantic Alliance, which they viewed as a threat to regional stability.

The meetings were being held from June 30 to July 1 at the Palais des Nations of the UN Geneva Office, based on the Medvedev-Sarkozy Plan and the 2008 agreements.

Social -economic development in South Ossetia and solutions to the Republic's most pressing problems were the main topics of the meeting between Acting President of the Republic Marat Kambolov and First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Presidential Executive Office Sergei Kiriyenko.

As Kambolov has written on his Telegram channel, the functioning of the Lower Zaramag checkpoint received special attention during the dialogue.

He has noted that this issue is one of the most sensitive for residents of the Republic and is under constant review by the Russian leadership.

The presidential election in South Ossetia will be held on September 18, 2026.

The corresponding resolution was adopted at a session of the Republic's Parliament on Wednesday.

The question of setting the election date was brought before Parliament by Zita Besaeva, Chair of the Committee on Legislation, Legality, and Local Self-Government.

The deputies voted unanimously for the date. Of the 34 members of Parliament, 29 participated in the vote.

The official signing of a cooperation agreement between South Ossetia and the Festival Directorate will take place on the sidelines of the upcoming International Youth Festival in Yekaterinburg. This was announced by Alan Tibilov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office of the Republic, during a press conference in Tskhinval dedicated to the results of the visit of the Directorate representative Artem Fomin.

According to Tibilov, South Ossetian youth are showing tremendous interest in the World Youth Festival projects.

South Ossetian State University and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (have signed a cooperation agreement.

The document was signed during a working meeting between the SOSU Rector Vadim Tedeev and the Institute's Director Alikber Alikberov, according to the university's press service.

"The agreement comes into force upon signing and is intended for long-term cooperation with the possibility of subsequently expanding the formats of interaction.

Sergey Kiriyenko is the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office of Russia.

He came to the place where cars are checked at the border. This place is called the Lower Zaramag automobile checkpoint.

They discussed how to improve and develop the automobile checkpoint. Sergey Kiriyenko was accompanied by the Head of North Ossetia, Sergey Menyailo.

This is one of the strategically important facilities that connects Russia and South Ossetia.

Following his official visit to South Ossetia, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko outlined new areas of the Russian-South Ossetian cooperation in healthcare, which were discussed at the meeting with Acting President of the Republic of South Ossetia Marat Kambolov.

The South Ossetian delegation took part in a roundtable discussion with the heads of foreign government agencies (organizations) responsible for the enforcement of court decisions.

The event was held at the 2026 St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPILF).

Alan Dzhioev, Acting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice of the Republic of South Ossetia, Vadim Dzhagaev, Chief Bailiff of the Republic of South Ossetia, represented South Ossetia at the roundtable discussion.

Georgia continues to pursue destructive polic instead of addressing domestic issues and genuinely protecting the rights of its citizens, which the European institutions have recently repeatedly emphasized.

This is noted in a comment by a representative of the South Ossetian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the part of the Georgian Public Defender's report concerning the Republic of South Ossetia.

The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has emphasized that the latest report presents distorted and inaccurate information.

Ambassador of South Ossetia to Russia Znaur Gassiev, at the invitation of Sergey Shitkov, Director of the Diplomatic Academy at MGIMO University, took part in the 12th embassy roundtable discussion on "The Ukrainian Crisis: The West's True Goals and Role." This was reported by the Embassy press service.

The event was opened by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who in his speech presented facts demonstrating the West's destructive role in the formation of the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv and the emergence and escalation of the conflict around Ukraine.