Archive - 17/12/2014

December 18 in Moscow will be held a regular meeting of the Commission for co-operation of the Parliament of South Ossetia and the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. According to the information of the press service of the legislative authority, the delegation, headed by the Parliament Speaker Anatoly Bibilov, has also included the head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations, the Chairman of the South Ossetian part of the Commission Igor Kochiev, the Chairman of the Committee on National Policy and Culture, Education, Science, Religion and Media Yuri Gabaraev.
"During the work of the Commission is expected to discuss the possibility of signing the Agreement between South Ossetia and Russia to settle the issues of dual citizenship. The parliamentarians will also consider a draft law of the RSO "On the basis of the state national policy of the Republic of South Ossetia".
The Commission for Co-operation of the Parliament of South Ossetia and the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation was established in 2008 on the basis of the Agreement between the Federation Council and the Parliament of South Ossetia on inter-parliamentary cooperation. The Commission has been constantly providing advisory and expert assistance to the RSO Parliament in its legislative activity.
The Co-Chairman of the Commission is appointed the Russian senator Alexander Totoonov.

The delegation from South Ossetia, headed by the Minister of Culture Madina Ostaeva, took part in the I Congress of Cultural Workers of North Ossetia-Alania, held in Vladikavkaz on December 16.
At the congress, held at the North Ossetian State Academic Theater, were discussed the topical issues in all areas of cultural activity.
The main topics of the event were the summing up of the "Year of Culture of the Russian Federation "and the 155 anniversary of the birth of the great Ossetian poet Kosta Khetagurov.