Archive - 7/2019

The VI Forum of Young Diplomats of the Eurasian Space, organized by the Council of Young Diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, took place in Moscow, and was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia. This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic.

Co-organizers of the event were representatives of the Eurasian Economic Commission and the A.M. Gorchakov Foundation for the Support of Public Diplomacy..

South Ossetia will mark the centenary of the Ossetian genocide committed by the government of the independent Georgian Democratic Republic in 1919-1920, said Foreign Minister of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev.

Even skeptics should understand that South Ossetia will never become part of Georgia again.

The latest events in Georgia suggest that the “sunny Georgia” that is familiar to all Soviet people is no longer there, it ended in 1990 with the coming to power of new Georgian nationalists, said South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev in an interview with RIA Novosti.

In Europe, the Days of Ossetian Culture, which are held for several years by the international non-profit association Renaissance-Sandidzan (Belgium) created by a native of South Ossetia, Radion Pukhaev, have come to an end. On the Days of Culture - 2019 and on the intercultural dialogue between Ossetia and Europe, is his exclusive interview with the news agency “Res”.

- How many people attended the events of the Days of Ossetia in Europe?

The missions of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics may appear in South Ossetia, said Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, Dmitry Medoevю.

"In Tskhinval, there are embassies of Russia, Abkhazia, there is an official representative office of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Respublic, and the DPR and LPR missions may be created soon," Medoev told RIA Novosti.

The list of countries that have recognized South Ossetia ,will be expanded, the work in this direction is underway, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Dmitry Medoev told RIA Novosti.

The South Ossetian delegation went to Managua, the capital of a friendly state, to congratulate friends on this important day for all Nicaraguans.

President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, went on a working visit to the Republic of Nicaragua, the press service of the head of state said. Anatoly Bibilov will take part in the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution.

In the city of Florence, on the Children’s Square of Beslan, an action “Italy remembers” was held, dedicated to the memory of those killed during the tragic events in the Beslan school, the Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia reports.

"A group of friends of South Ossetia from various cities of Italy gathered in Florence specifically to hold this event. The protesters laid flowers at the memorial plate and a minute of silence honored the memory of all those killed," the report said.

The lessons of the past, apparently, do not teach fanatical politicians and Russophobes in Tbilisi

The Agreement on Principles for the Settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict, signed on June 24, 1992, on the basis of which the Mixed Control Commission (JCC) was established as well as the Mixed Peacekeeping Force (SMTA, became the cornerstone of the process of normalizing the situation in South Ossetia and the region as a whole, says the commentary of the Russian Embassy in South Ossetia in connection with the Peacekeeper Day.

For four years in South Ossetia, demining works were taking place in the territories of the settlements Pris, Isaky Kau, Novokurtatinsky gorge and near the village of Zar, the total area of ​​the cleaned area is 130 hectares, more than 1049 explosive items were found, the head of Department of pyrotechnic and special cynological works of the center "Leader" Colonel Alexey Zavatsky told journalists.