Archive - 12/9/2019

The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia in Sicily has been appointed a citizen of the Italian Republic Carmelo Scalizi, according to the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic.

The functions of the plenipotentiary will include the establishment of contacts between South Ossetia and Italy, the search for opportunities to implement joint humanitarian and economic projects.

The State Security Committee of South Ossetia announced the revitalization of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs in certain sections of the state border of the Republic with Georgia.

The fourth technical meeting in the format of Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRMs) will be held on the border of South Ossetia with Georgia on Friday morning, Yegor Kochiev, head of the South Ossetian delegation at the IPRM meetings, told "Interfax «.

Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development Gennady Bekoev spoke at a briefing in Tskhinval about the results of the trip of the South Ossetian delegation to the Syrian Arab Republic, where South Ossetian representatives took part in the 61st Damascus Fair.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the purpose of the trip was not only participation in the fair, but also the signing of an agreement on the opening of Trading houses.

Anatoly Bibilov signed a decree on updating the composition of the Commission on the Memorialization of the Genocide committed against South Ossetians by the Georgian Democratic Republic in 1920, the Republic’s State Committee for Information and Press reported.

South Ossetia will not join NATO, even if it is invited, said Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev.

“We will say our weighty “no”, even if the North Atlantic Council asks us about it through the current Secretary General. The Republic of South Ossetia is a peaceful state, and participation in the aggressive blocs can harm the image of our country,” RIA-Novosti quoted the Minister,