Archive - 7/2012

Presidium of the Parliament at today's meeting heard a report of the parliamentary commission on passport system of the citizens of South Ossetia, living in Leningor district, as well as on the order of crossing the state border with Georgia. The information was presented by Deputy Speaker Yuri Dzitstsoity. He has recalled that at the recent meeting a parliamentary deputy Vadim Gabaraev reported that the situation in Leningor district was tight, because many people, who had left the territory of Georgia, could not return home, because they were not the RSO passport holders.

Adopted at the session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) resolution has clearly demonstrated the biased position of its authors, and will take place among a number of other similar resolutions and declarations adopted for one purpose - to capture once again the political will on the situation, refusing absolutely to face the real facts and conclusions of competent professionals who know the situation and conveyed the objective position publicly.

July 13, South Ossetian branch of the nonprofit organization Development Fund-"Institute of the Eurasian Studies" is planning to lead in Tskhinval a round table discussion "Peacekeepers in South Ossetia: 20 Years Later."
As IA "Res" has been informed at the press service of the Fund, the event is timed to the 20th anniversary of the deployment of the Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received Commander-in Chief of the RF Land Forces, Colonel-General Vladimir Chirkin, who arrived in the Republic on a working visit.
During the meeting the President reported on the early implementation of agreements reached at the meeting of the presidents of Russia and South Ossetia in Sochi.
"We agreed on many areas of development and establishment of the Republic, including the security of the Republic", - said Tibilov.

Festival of sport is planned to host in Tskhinval on August 26 in honor of recognition of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation. This has been said IA "Res" by the Chairman of the Committee on Youth Policy, Sport and Tourism of South Ossetia Vadim Bogiev.

Jana Amelina, Head of the Caucasian Studies Sector under the Russian Institute of Strategic Researches

In adopting a resolution on Georgia, in which South Ossetia and Abkhazia are called the "occupied territories", the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, as before the U.S. Senate and European Parliament, has demonstrated its partiality, inadequacy and reluctance to understand the current realities. However, it is not a sin, for a hundred and the first time, to repeat for those who are slow on the uptake: South Ossetia and Abkhazia are the sovereign states; their independence was recognized by leading members of the international community.

Сhief Editor of the newspaper "South Ossetia" Zalina Tskhovrebova has taken part in the II World Media Summit "Global Media: Challenges of the XXI Century", held July 4-8 in Moscow.
On her return to Tskhinval Tskhovrebova told IA "Res" that the World Media Summit brought together more than 300 media executives from 103 countries around the world.

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia

July 6, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia David Sanakoev paid a working visit to the Republic of Abkhazia, during which he met with Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Chirikba.

The representatives of South Ossetia are taking part in the international youth business forum "Russia-China", which has started today in a business park "Greenwood" in the Moscow region. The South Ossetian delegation has included a representative of the Russian Union of Youth of South Ossetia Roman Dzhioev and chief of Department of Industry, Pricing and Consumer Market Regulation under the Ministry of Economic Development of South Ossetia Ruslan Doguzov.

Flash-poll: 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. How do you evaluate the decision of the General Assembly?

Zita Besaeva, head of the legal department of the Parliament of South Ossetia:
Such an initiative on the part of Georgia is premature. Firstly, because Georgia should sign an agreement that it will not resume hostilities against South Ossetia.