Archive - 24/9/2011

Quiz: the Pacific state Tuvalu has recognized the independence of South Ossetia. How do you estimate this act and what steps we should take to be recognized by the other states?

Murat Dzhioev, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the RSO:

During the recent visit of the Prime Minister of Tuvalu to South Ossetia the joint statement on establishment diplomatic relations has been signed in Tskhinval. It means that the Republic of South Ossetia has been recognized by one more state.

For today (on September, 23) 22 initiative groups and two political parties nominating the candidates for presidential election in the RSO on November, 13, have addressed to the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia. IA RES has published the list of applicants who have already addressed to the Central Election Committee aspiring to the position of the head of the state.

The Central Election Committee of the RSO has accepted today a set of documents from the initiative group, nominating Vasily Bestaev - a member of the Advocatory chamber of the RSO-Alania- for presidential election in South Ossetia. It has been informed the News agency "Res" at the Central Election Committee of the RSO.

The meeting of the commission of South Ossetia and delegation of Russia on delimitation of the frontier of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation has been held in Moscow. According to the phone message of the Plenipotentiary of the President of South Ossetia Boris Chochiev to IA RES from Moscow, the questions connected with preparation of signing of the agreement between the RSO and the Russian Federation about the state frontier have been discussed at the third meeting.

The Russian frontier guards have detained five citizens of Georgia for illegal crossing of the frontier of South Ossetia and Georgia. As the news agency "Res" has been informed at the press-service of the FSS Boundary management of Russia in the Republic of South Ossetia, «on September, 19 at 18:05 employees of the frontier management of the FSS of Russia in the RSO detained five citizens for illegal crossing of the frontier near the village Balta (Znaurskiy district) moving from Georgia towards South Ossetia.

The Central Election Committee of South Ossetia has registered Alan Kochiev ( a trainer of the weightlifting juvenile sports school) as the candidate for presidents. As IA RES has been informed at the Central Election Committee of the RSO, from now on Kochiev has the right to begin the canvassing campaign.

On September, 19 the President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity has met in Tskhinval with the state Tuvalu delegation led by the Prime Minister Villi Telavi. It has been informed IA RES at the Presidential Administration of the RSO. During the meeting Eduard Kokoity has underlined that South Ossetia is ready to establish the closest and friendly relations between the two states. «In spite of the fact that the geographical distance between our states is too long, we are always ready to co-operate with the progressive states which respect and appreciate people`s struggle for independence. South Ossetia has undergone the ordeals. But our people have withstood the force and have achieved their main objective - independence and the international recognition», - Kokoity has declared. In turn, Villi Telavi has thanked Eduard Kokoity for the warm reception, having noted that he is glad to visit South Ossetia.

The Pacific state Tuvalu has recognized the independence of South Ossetia. The joint statement on establishing diplomatic relations between South Ossetia and Tuvalu has been signed on September, 19 in Tskhinval. The document has been signed by the Prime Minister of Tuvalu Villi Telavi and the President of the RSO Eduard Kokoity. It has been informed the IA "Res" at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the RSO.

The delegation of the People`s Party of the Republic of South Ossetia headed by the Chairman of the youth wing of the RSO People`s Party, the Chairman of the youth government of the RSO Michail Kochiev,being on a visit in the Republic of Slovakia, has carried out the fruitful work. As the IA RES has been informed at the People`s Party press-service, in the course of the meetings with representatives of the political parties, public organizations and deputies of the Parliament of the Republic of Slovakia the detailed information about the situation in South Ossetia, about the process of restoration and development of the young Republic has been discussed.