Archive - 10/2011

The 17th round of the international discussions on safety in Transcaucasia is being conducted in Geneva.As the head of the delegation- the Plenipotentiary of the President of the RSOon questions of the postconflict settlement Boris Chochiev has phoned from Geneva, bilateral meetings with the co-chairmen were held there.«The South Ossetian party has declared again that it will not participate in the second group where the socio - humanitarian issues and the question of refugees are discussed», - Chochiev has told.According to the Plenipotentiary, the Abkhazian party has supported this position.

The Central Election Committee of the RSO has registered Dmitry Tasoev (the leader of the Social-Democratic party liquidated in March, 2011 at the suit of the Ministry of Justice of the RSO)and Ajvar Bestaev(the branch manager of the Republican hospital of Tskhinval). AsIA REShas been informed at the Central Election Committee of the RSO,the registration certificates were also issued to the initiative groups supporting Eduard Gabaraev (artillery commander of the Ministry of Defence of the RSO), Inal Bazzaev (the deputy of the Parliament of the RSO) and Igor Alborov (the Deputy Minister of Defence of the RSO).

The 17th round of the international discussions on safety in Transcaucasiahas started in Geneva. The South Ossetian delegation is going again to raise the question of legally obliging document on force non-use against South Ossetiaby Georgia.

Last week the annual meeting of OSCE on human scale has been held in Warsaw. The expert of the Society «Saendidzaen» David Sanakoev has addressed the meeting on a freedom of movement at the Georgian-South Ossetian border. In 2008 South Ossetia underwent aggression of Georgia. At present there are no any interstate agreements between Georgia and the RSO, regulating crossing of people and cargoes through the border.

For today (October,1) 27 initiative groups and two political parties nominating the candidates for the Presidency of the RSO on November, 13, have addressed to the Central Election Committee of South OssetiaThe Central Election Committee has registered two candidates for the Presidency: Alan Kochiev - a trainer of the weightlifting juvenile sports school, Vladimir Kelekhsaev -the deputy of the Parliament of the RSO of the III-d and the IV-th convocations and Vadim Tskhovrebov (director of the South Ossetian enterprise of bakery products).

On invitation of the international non-governmental organization «International Alert» 16 teachers from South Ossetia have received trainings in Italy. It has been informed IA RES at the press-service of the Ministry of Education. They have noted, that since war in August, 2008 «International Alert» has realized several projects in South Ossetia.

The Central Election Committee of South Ossetia has held a session on registration Dzhambolat Tedeev (the head coach of the Russian free-style wrestling national team) as the candidate for the Presidency of the RSO. Tedeev with his two representatives, and also representatives of mass-media has been invited to the session. According to the Chairman of the Central Election Committee of the RSO Bella Plieva, it has been made a decision to hold a secret ballot in connection with the incident, taken place at the government building.

The government of South Ossetia has made a decision to prolong the term of stay of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representation in the Republic. This relevant resolution has been adopted at the today's session of the government, conducted by the Prime Minister Vadim Brovtsev. The question was brought up for discussion by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the RSO Murat Dzhioev.According to the adopted resolution, the term of stay of ICRC in South Ossetia is prolonged till October, 1, 2012.