Commemorative events dedicated to the 15th anniversary of Georgia's military aggression against the Republic in August 2008 will be held in South Ossetia.
As the Minister of Culture of the Republic Rada Dzagoeva told reporters, on August 7, in the evening, the performance "The Last Witness" will be shown at the State Drama Theater.
Employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia took part in the Forum of young diplomats of the Eurasian countries, held on the sidelines of the Manzherok festival in Gorno-Altaisk.
The event was organized by the Council of Young Diplomats of the Russian Foreign Ministry together with Rossotrudnichestvo, the United Russia party and the government of the Altai Republic, the Republic’s Foreign Ministry reports.
The Embassy of South Ossetia in Russia, on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of the entry of peacekeeping forces into the Republic, sent a press release to all diplomatic missions accredited in Moscow, as well as to the Georgian interests section at the Swiss Embassy, the press service of the diplomatic department reports.
The Chambers of Control and Accounts of South Ossetia and Bashkortostan signed an agreement on bilateral cooperation, which provides for interaction and exchange of experience between the two departments.
For the part of South Ossetia, the document was signed by the Deputy Head of the Control and Accounting Chamber Vadim Khubulov, for the part of Bashkortostan - by the head of the Control and Accounting Chamber Konstantin Shagimuratov.
The parties expressed hope for further cooperation, emphasizing that it would benefit both republics.
The leadership of South Ossetia, headed by President Alan Gagloev, Speaker and deputies of the Parliament, as well as members of the public, laid flowers at the "peacekeepers stele" located on Peacekeepers Street in Tskhinval.
The laying ceremony was also attended by Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, ex-president Leonid Tibilov, military personnel, including former peacekeepers.
On Friday, the Republic is celebrating the 31st anniversary of the entry into the Republic of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.
The attempt of the Georgian participants to move the rally hysteria from the streets of Tbilisi to the Geneva venue was unsuccessful, although the atmosphere of the meeting was negatively affected by the ongoing anti-Russian campaign in Georgia, accompanied by aggressive rhetoric against South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This is stated in the message of the South Ossetian delegation on the results of the 58th round of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia.
A two-day 58th round of discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia has started in Geneva. According to the head of the delegation Konstantin Kochiev, the South Ossetian delegation held meetings with the co-chairs and co-moderators of the working groups,.
“The main issues on the agenda of the Geneva discussions were discussed. A thorough exchange of views took place, during which the South Ossetian delegation reaffirmed its adherence to its principled positions,” Kochiev said.
A delegation of the Control and Accounting Chamber of Bashkiria will arrive in South Ossetia at the end of the week, Deputy Head of the Control and Accounting Chamber of South Ossetia Vadim Khubulov reported to President Alan Gagloev at a meeting with the heads of law enforcement agencies.
On Monday, the authorities of South Ossetia expelled six citizens of Georgia from the Republic, who had violated the regime of the state border while intoxicated, reports the KGB of the Republic.
According to the Committee, the violators were detained on July 6 by officers of the South Ossetian border authorities in the vicinity of the village of Grom in the Tskhinval district.
Plenipotentiary Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia in the Republic of Turkey Burkhan Khosity took part in the meeting of the "Club of Friends of Russia" in Istanbul at the invitation of the Consul General of Russia in Istanbul Andrey Buravov.