The regular meeting of the mechanisms of prevention and reaction to incidents (MPRI) has been held today at the frontier Georgian village of Dvani. The meeting was attended by representatives of Russia, South Ossetia, Georgia, the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia and the OSCE.
Athletes of the South Ossetian wrestling school became the prize-winners of the Moscow International Tournament in memory of the first wrestling president of the Federation of Children's Sport of Russia, Honored Coach of Russia Nusuev Chevalier. This has been declared IA "Res" by the coach of the Republican children's youth wrestling school Tamerlan Kochiev.
November 27 a second round for presidential election will be held in the Republic of South Ossetia. As reported to IA "Res" by the Central Election Committee Chairman Bella Plieva, the number of territorial and divisional election committees in each district and in the town will be the same as in the first round.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia considers ignorant the statement of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Nino Kalandadze that with signing of documents in connection with membership in the WTO, Russia disavowed and rejected the concluded agreements with the authorities of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Ossetian historical science has suffered an irreparable loss. We have lost a great Ossetian scientist, explorer of the Caucasus, Doctor of History, Professor Mark Maksimovich Bliev.
Russia holds an interest in the effective leadership of South Ossetia, said the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the meeting in Vladikavkaz with the candidate for president of South Ossetia, the head of the Emergency Ministry Anatoly Bibilov. "We hold interest in the effective leadership of the Republic that will help the citizens, which will address the most important problems - Medvedev has underlined. – What about the Russian Federation, of course, we will pursue the same policy - both financially and ensuring the security of the Republic within the framework of the concluded agreements, "- he has added. The Russian president called Bibilov "the man, known not only in our republic," which "has been actively working with our guys, solving very complex tasks."
President of the Russian Federation met in Vladikavkaz with a candidate for President of South Ossetia, the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov.
As reported to IA "Res" at the presidential press service and the government of South Ossetia, the meeting was held during the visit of the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to the capital of North Ossetia - Alania. President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev has met in Vladikavkaz with the officers of the Southern Military Region and the public representatives.
Tomorrow, November 22, the honorary consulate of the Republic of South Ossetia will open in Vladivostok. This has been reported to IA "Res" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia. It has been noted there that the consulate will be headed by Jason Demeev.
The heads of the Primorye Territory and Vladivostok, deputies, representatives of public organizations are invited to the grand opening of the consulate. Demeev Jason Artemovich - Honoured Doctor of the Russian Federation, colonel of medical service in the reserve. He is a Warrior – Internationalist, a war veteran.
At the next round of discussions on security and stability in the Caucasus, which will be held on December 14 in Geneva, South Ossetia is going to obtain signing of the document on non-use of force. It has been declared by the presidential envoy of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Boris Chochiev during the meeting with the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions in Tskhinval. The delegation has included representatives of the international organizations: EU, OSCE and UN.
The Euro-Parliament resolution on Georgia, adopted on November, 17, has no any political value for South Ossetia and Abkhazia. It has been declared IA "RES" by the Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of South Ossetia Mira Tskhovrebova; she has made comments on the resolution adopted by the European Parliament, which contains appeal to Russia on withdrawing its troops from the RSO and Abkhazia and also the appeal to the European Union - to recognize the young Transcaucasian states as the «occupied territories of Georgia».