Archive - 2019

South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov met with a delegation of the Russian Defense Ministry, led by Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Sergei Istrakov, who arrived in the Republic on a two-day working visit.

According to the press service of the head of state, Minister of Defense of South Ossetia Ibrahim Gasseev, his Deputies and heads of departments and services of the Ministry of Defense, and the Russian ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov also attended the meeting.

Delegations of the defense ministries of South Ossetia and Russia held a meeting in Tskhinval on issues of interaction between departments on Tuesday, according to the official website of the Ministry of Defense of South Ossetia. The South Ossetian delegation was led by Minister of Defense of the Republic Ibrahim Gasseev, the Russian - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Sergey Istrakov.

During the meeting, the heads of delegations exchanged greetings and noted the high level of cooperation in the field of defense and security.

Embassies in Syria and South Ossetia can be opened at any time, the problem is the processes that are taking place in Syria in connection with the situation there,” the head of state said, answering a journalist’s question about the development of bilateral relations and the opening of diplomatic missions.

In December 2009, Nauru became the fourth country to recognize South Ossetia. On December 16, 2009, diplomatic relations were established between Nauru and South Ossetia.

In February 2018, an agreement was signed on the refusal of visa formalities for mutual trips of citizens of the two states.

In accordance with the agreement, citizens of a state of one party can enter, leave, transit and stay on the territory of the respective states without visas for 90 days during each half-year, starting from the date of first entry.

Pupils of the Donetsk A.V. Zakharchenko cadet corps arrived in Moscow as part of a program of cultural and humanitarian exchange, education and socio-cultural rehabilitation of children of war, the website of the Moscow Ossetian community reports.

The program is implemented by the Ruspomoshch charitable foundation together with the , international organization “Alanian Community Association” .

The meeting of the 1920 Genocide Memorialization Commission, the centenary of which will be celebrated in South Ossetia next year, was chaired by President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov.

The head of state noted that everything possible should be done to perpetuate the memory of the victims of the genocide carried out by Georgia against the people of South Ossetia and make every effort to convey to the world community about this fact in the history of the Republic.

The Embassy of South Ossetia in Russia took part in the farewell ceremony with the ex-mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, the press service of the Embassy said.

A wreath was laid on behalf of the President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov.

Earlier, Anatoly Bibilov sent a telegram of condolences to the current mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, relatives and friends of Yuri Luzhkov in connection with his death.

Representatives of South Ossetia at the Geneva discussions reiterated the justification for the need to work together with representatives of the Georgian authorities on the delimitation of the South Ossetian-Georgian state border, as this could remove a wide range of problems for the population on both sides of the border, the South Ossetian delegation said in a final message to the media on Thursday.

Issues of socio-economic cooperation between Russia and South Ossetia were discussed during a meeting between the head of the Cabinet of South Ossetia Eric Pukhaev and the delegation of the Russian Ministry for North Caucasus Affairs, headed by director of the Department of International Cooperation Anton Melnik, who arrived in South Ossetia on a working visit.

According to the press service of the government, the meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development Gennady Bekoev and head of the government Office Oleg Gagloev.

A delegation of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs arrived in Tskhinval on a working visit. Russian law enforcement officers were received by Interior Minister, Major General of Police Igor Naniev, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.