Archive - 2019

The Georgian delegation at the Geneva discussions is trying to transfer the conversation into the Georgian-Russian plane, and therefore the South Ossetian delegation at every round reminds that the discussions are held because Georgia attacked South Ossetia, the head of the South Ossetian delegation, at the Geneva discussions Murat Dzhioev said at a briefing on Tuesday, summing up the 48th round.

It would be good for the current Georgian authorities to know the long history of relations with the peoples of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the Georgian politicians who are swaying the internal political situation and leading to an aggravation of relations with Russia, to recall the history and gave advice on how to improve relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Issues of studying the history and geography of Ossetia in the Republic’s schools in the Ossetian language were discussed at a meeting attended by President Anatoly Bibilov, Prime Minister Eric Pukhaev, Minister of Education and Science Nathalie Gassieva, representatives of the scientific community, history and geography teachers of South Ossetia, authors of the publication of textbooks, the press service of the President and the government.

Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia on Monday reacted to the trick of the Georgian journalist Georgy Gabunia on the air of the Rustavi 2 TV channel, who began its program with rude remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin.

For a number of years, Ossetia has been trying to convey to the international community that the accusations of Georgia against the Russian Federation in the “occupation” of the states recognized by it in 2008 are not substantiated except for the ideological and propaganda cover of Georgia’s unsuccessful military aggression against the peoples of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, said the Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia on Monday.

RT commented on the call of the Political Affairs and Security Committee of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to Russia to withdraw recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Russia as a sovereign state can recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, this is our right, which directly follows from the UN Charter. For us, this story is over, we made our decision, ”said Klimov.

The Russian delegation does not recognize the adopted declaration of the OSCE PA and does not consider it a binding document for execution, said member of the Russian delegation in the assembly, State Duma deputy Nikolai Ryzhak at the plenary session of the OSCE PA on Monday.

The final declaration included a number of anti-Russian provisions: on the non-recognition of Crimea by part of the Russian Federation, the call for Moscow to refuse recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as criticism of the Nord Stream 2 project.

The first Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council, Vladimir Jabarov, said that Russia recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia on the basis of the free will of the Abkhaz and South Ossetian peoples, guided by the provisions of the UN Charter.

State Duma Deputy Gennady Onishchenko, commenting on the adoption by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly of the anti-Russian resolution on Abkhazia and South Ossetia, said that the real threat to the entire region was the military microbiological laboratory in Georgia.

A delegation of the Parliament of South Ossetia led by Speaker Alan Tadtaev took part in the International Forum on the Development of Parliamentarism.