Archive - 2/2011

South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity tasked to verify proper use of funds allocated to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of South Ossetia for treatment and rehabilitation of people affected by the Georgian aggression in August 2008. Corresponding instruction has been given to the Chairman of the State Control Committee and Economic Security of South Ossetia Batraz Tokazov at the working session, which was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister Domenti Kulumbegov, Head of the presidential administration Arsen Gagloev and Health Minister Otar Gassiev.

The promise not to use force voiced by the Georgian President Saakashvili at Munich Security Conference cannot be taken seriously without a corresponding agreement with international guarantees signed, the South Ossetian Deputy Foreign Minister Alan Pliev told IA RES commenting on the speech of the Georgian leader at Munich Security Conference. "Saakashvili is trying to promise in words what South Ossetia, with mediation of the OSCE, the Russian Federation and other parties concerned, is calling for through reinforcing it in a written agreement, namely, to sign a document with non-sue of force commitments. Only this kind of an agreement with international guarantees might be taken seriously, but not the promises of the Georgian leader, taking into account the fact that his address with a call for peace on the eve of 8 August, 20008, was followed with the massive shelling of Tskhinval and Georgian aggression against South Ossetia", said Pliev.

South Ossetia and the Russian Federation are going to sign five inter-state agreement on cooperation, reported the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Murat Djioev at the meeting of Ministers and heads of government agencies at the President's Office.
"We are preparing for the signing of three agreements. On 11 February, an inter-state agreement on cooperation in prevention of and response to emergency situations between EMERCOMs is to be signed. Similar cooperation agreements will be signed between Ministries of Health and in the field of development of informational technologies", said Djioev.

Tomorrow, on February 4, a meeting within the frameworks of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) to take place in the Georgian village of Ergenti located in the area adjacent to the border with South Ossetia.
According head of South Ossetian delegation in the IPRM Merab Chigoev reported to IA RES, one of the issues that the South Ossetian delegation intends to raise at tomorrow's meeting is the fate of the Russian constructor detained by Georgian authorities on 14 January.

General Lebed Peace Mission is planning to start search for the persons missing in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict of 1989-2008. As the head of the regional branch of the organization in North Ossetia Alan Tatarov told IA RES, the work of the organization is being discussed with the South Ossetian leadership.
"This year we are starting the project of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation to assist in tracing people missing during the Georgian-Ossetian conflict from 1989 to 2008. For these purposes the Public Chamber allocated necessary funding", said the Tatars.
According to him, at the initial stage it is planned to collect information on missing persons and their relatives.