Archive - 31/1/2008

The President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity held a meeting with the representatives of RSO Government and city administration of Tskhinval and with the priest of Alanian Eparchy. At the meeting was discussed the project of rehabilitation of the “Red Church” – an Orthodox church at the northern outskirts of Tskhinval damaged during the earthquake in 1991 and in the result of the bombardment of the town by the Georgian armed formations in 1991-1992.

“During the monitoring conducted by the team of military observers from the three sides together with the representative of OSCE Mission the fact of producing of engineering works on covered weapon emplacement and trench communications at the western outskirts of Kemerti village on the left side of the Liakhva river bridge as well as the engineering improvement of police check-point placed nearby the Russian Federation Peacekeeping Forces observation point of “Pauk” from the side of Achabeti village” the assistant of the head of JPKF on media lieutenant colonel Yuri Vereschak informed.

The traffic between the districts of RSO is disrupted as well as the traffic on the Transcaucasian trunk. This is due to the incessant snowfall. As IA “Res” correspondent was informed the height of snow blanket in Djava district is more than 1,6m. “Because of heavy snowfall road services make no progress in road dozing and presently there is no road communication between the capital of RSO and regions” Ministry of Road-building informed.

Question: On 23 of January at the “Interfax” agency was held the press-conference of the President of South Ossetia were he came out with a number of new initiatives within the context of the Georgian-Ossetian settlement. How this event estimates by the Russian MFA?