Archive - 10/2009

On 1 October, the President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity and Deputy Minister for Economic Development of the RF, the Chair of the Inter-Agency Commission for Rehabilitation Projects in South Ossetia Roman Panov visited Kvaisa badly affected by an earthquake on 7-8 September. During their visit, Eduard Kokoity and Roman PAnov were accompanies by the first Deputy Prime-minister Alexander Zelig, Interior Minister Valery Valiev, Emercom Minister Anatoly Bibilov, acting Minister of Health and Social Welfare Nugzar Gabaraev, Chair of the State Committee for Implementation of Rehabilitation Projects Zurab Kabisov and Chair of the Committee for State Control and economic security Batradz Takazov.

The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Special Representative, Co-Chair to the Geneva discussions Ambassador Christopoulos Charalampos visited South Ossetia. During this visit, Ambassador Christopoulos was received by the President’s Special Representative for Post-Conflict Settlement Boris Chochiev and RSO Foreign Minister Murat Djioev. During their meeting, the participants discussed the participation of the OSCE Special Representative Ambassdor Christopoulos in the meetings of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Working Groups held along the area adjacent to the border with South Ossetia.

The Georgian side opened fire at the village of Disev of Tskhinval district, reported the press-service of the RSO Defense Ministry. “Georgian armed forces continue organizing provocations in the borderline area. At approximately 21:45, small arms fire was opened from the Georgian village of Mereti towards the village of Disev on the territory of South Ossetia”, says the press-service report.

The consequences of the Georgian aggression are still visible in South Ossetia, however, there are positive changes in the reconstruction process, the RF Deputy Minister for Economic Development Roman Panov told journalists after the sitting of the Inter-Agency Commission for reconstruction in South Ossetia (IAC) taking place on 30 September in Tskhinval. Together with the members of the IAC, the representatives of the RSO authorities, and the RSO President Eduard Kokoity participated in the sitting.

President of the Republic of South Ossetia met with the personnel of the dismissed Ossetian peacekeeping contingent, which used to be part of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces (JPKF). The peacekeepers addressed President with a request to facilitate the settlement of the problem with salary debts the amount of which had reached 80 million rubles. Eduard Kokoity promised to discuss this issue with the authorities of North Ossetia, responsible for funding the Ossetian peacekeeping battalion before the JPKF were dismissed, and also to raise the issue of funds allocation for the Ossetian peacekeepers at the Security Council in Moscow.