Archive - 6/7/2012

Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia David Sanakoev has arrived in the Republic of Abkhazia on a working visit.
As IA "Res" has been informed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, in Sukhum David Sanakoev met with Foreign Minister of Abkhazia Vyacheslav Chirikba.
"During the meeting they discussed issues of bilateral cooperation and further development of relations between the two countries", - has been noted at the Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia.

South Ossetian professional boxer Murat Gassiev went to Moscow to continue training for his next rating battle.
This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov.
"Gassiev will meet in the ring with the Croatian fighter LubomirLyubochich. The fight was scheduled for July 29, 2012 in Montenegro. But due to some objective reasons the organizers brought forward the date of the battle for July 24, "- said Slanov.
According to him, due to bringing forward the fight, the training schedule of a South Ossetian boxer was amended.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov and members of the Russian delegation, headed by Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Rashid Nurgaliyev and Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation on socio-economic issues of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Tatiana Golikova, visited today the Russian peacekeepers' barracks ("Upper Town "), destroyed in August 2008, and put mourning wreaths and flowers on the death spot of servicemen of the Russian peacekeeping contingent.

Adopted on July 3 the UN General Assembly draft resolution "Situation with the Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and Tskhinval district / South Ossetia, Georgia" contribute neither to any progress on the issue of refugees, nor to the internal stability in the region.

Comment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia with regard to adoption of the UN resolution on refugees

July 3, 2012 The UN General Assembly approved a draft resolution "Situation with the Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and Tskhinval district / South Ossetia, Georgia",put to the vote by Georgia.