Archive - 20/9/2012

Nicaraguan people will be supporting South Ossetia in future. This has been declared today in Tskhinval by First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Nicaragua in the Russian Federation Mr. Ernesto Vasquez Juan Araya, who arrived in Tskhinval to take part in the celebrations of the Republic Day.
"In the person of the people of Nicaragua the Ossetians have brothers who will be supporting them," - said the first secretary.

At the Theater Square of the South Ossetian capital today has taken place a military parade dedicated to the 22nd anniversary of the founding of the Republic. In front of the tribune with the leaders of South Ossetia and the visitors lined the stuff of the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior, Border Guard Agency, cadets and the servicemen of the fourth Russian military base and the Russian border guards.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov received the First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Nicaragua in the Russian Federation Mr. Ernesto Vasquez Juan Araya, who arrived in Tskhinval to take part in the celebration of the Republic Day. The meeting was attended by the RSO Ambassador to the Russian Federation Dmitry Medoev.
The President expressed his gratitude to the guests for their participation in the celebration of this important for the South Ossetian people date, and reminded that Nicaragua had recognized the independence and sovereignty of South Ossetia, following the Russian Federation.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov met with the President of the Republic of Nauru Sprent Jared, arrived in Tskhinval to take part in the celebration of the Republic Day. Tibilov has welcomed the guests, noting that people of South Ossetia are very hospitable and any holiday without guests - is not a real holiday.
"You are the first one of the presidents of the countries that recognized our independence, who have come for today's holiday. Therefore, I want to express a special word of appreciation, and in your person to greet the fraternal people of Nauru,"- said Tibilov.

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia with regard to
the situation on the border with Georgia

Four years after the armed aggression of Georgia against South Ossetia in August 2008 the situation in the region is still tense and is characterized by the intention of the Georgian leadership to carry out the large-scale provocations. Georgian authorities, despite the impact of August 2008, are not going to leave their revanchist sentiments.
In the territory of Georgia, which is adjacent to the border of South Ossetia and belongs to the zone of responsibility of the EU mission military observers, there is a boosting of the Georgian military presence, including armored vehicles andmultiple launch rocket systems. One can observe the newly built fortifications and almost all border settlements formed warehouses for storage of weapons. It is also observed activation of the Georgian intelligence services, transferring of the armed police posts several hundred meters closer to the border of South Ossetia, as it happened in Zardiantkari.