Archive - 10/2022

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South Ossetia to the Republic of Abkhazia Oleg Botsiev and Rector of the South Ossetian State University Vadim Tedeev met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia Inal Ardzimba, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia reports.

"During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on a number of issues of mutual interest," the report says.

The Foreign Ministry has noted that the meeting was held in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

On Wednesday, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia reacted to the exercises "Caucasian Eagle - 2022" held in Georgia.

“On October 11, at the Mukhrovani military base near Tbilisi, the joint field tactical exercises “Caucasian Eagle-2022” of the special operations forces of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey started. The purpose of the exercises is "synchronization of capabilities and improvement of coordination, command and control" by the military personnel of the three countries," the official commentary of the Foreign Ministry says.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South Ossetia to Russia Znaur Gassiev, on the invitation of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation, took part in the plenary session of the 5th International Forum "Russian Energy Week", which is taking place on October 12-14 in Moscow, the press service of the Embassy reports.

President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev expressed hope that the Russian military special operation in Ukraine will soon be completed.

For nine months of 2022, 334 violators of the law in the border area were detained at various sections of the state border of South Ossetia. According to the press service of the KGB, 200 of them are violators of the state border regime, 134 – of the frontier regime.

“The Border Service of the State Security Committee conducted investigations on each fact of violation of legal regimes.

The Defense Minister of South Ossetia, Colonel Marat Pavlov, Deputy Ministers, officers of the military authorities, personnel of the units are mourning and express their condolences to the family, relatives and friends of Dzhussoev Albert Alikovich, who died a heroic death during the Russian special military operation. This was reported by the press service of the Defense Ministry.

The Embassy of South Ossetia in Russia organized the participation of the representative of the Republic, Maxim Lobanov, in the First International Project “Ambassador of Russian Cuisine”.

According to the press service of the Embassy in Moscow, the event was implemented in the Republic of Crimea by ANO "Science and Culture of the Future" and the Crimean HoReCa Club as part of the New Generation program of Rossotrudnichestvo.

In September, it became known about the captured senior sergeant Taimuraz Yesenov from Ossetia, who received the title of Hero of Russia for courage, bravery and heroism shown during a special military operation in Ukraine.

Taimuraz is listed as missing. On September 21, First Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Ruslan Tsalikov presented the Golden Star of the Hero of Russia to his relatives. The award ceremony was held in the capital of the Republic of North Ossetia - Vladikavkaz.

The South Ossetian delegation expressed serious concern over the expansion of the NATO presence on the territory of Georgia

The South Ossetian delegation in Geneva invited the Georgian side to start joint bilateral work on the delimitation and demarcation of the state border between the two republics, the press service of the office of the Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement reports.

"During the consultations, it has been noted that the Geneva discussions remain the only platform for discussing current issues and threats that require attention and a prolonged freeze on the process may negatively affect stability and security in the region," the press service said.