The issue of South Ossetia's accession to Russia is currently not on the agenda, the South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev said in the interview with Izvestia.
The head of the Republic has emphasized that the level of integration between Russia and South Ossetia implies a coordinated foreign policy and joint discussion of issues of interest to both parties.
The achieved level of interaction between South Ossetia and Russia in the defense sphere, including the presence of the Russian 4th Guards Military Base on the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia, gives the Republic the opportunity to feel safe. This was stated by President Alan Gagloev in the interview with Izvestia.
South Ossetia has prospects for recognition of sovereignty in Latin America, in which Venezuela and Nicaragua can assist. This was stated to Izvestia by President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev on the eve of the Day of Recognition of State Independence, which will be celebrated on August 26.
The sovereignty of South Ossetia has been recognized by the five UN member states, as well as by several republics with the status of partially recognized or unrecognized.
Joining the Union State is one of the possible and most promising options for South Ossetia, President Alan Gagloev said in his interview with Izvestia.
On the eve of the Day of Recognition of State Independence, which will be celebrated on August 26, the head of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev gave a detailed interview to the newspaper about the historical choice of the path of rapprochement with Russia, Georgia's proposals to join the EU together, and Tskhinval's actions to develop international cooperation.
A joint archaeological expedition was discussed with Russian specialists at the South Ossetian State University on Friday, the university's press service told IA "Res".
South Ossetia and Abkhazia are the independent states recognized by the Russian Federation and other member states of the United Nations, and their sovereign status cannot be a subject of discussion, the MFA of the Republic of South Ossetia noted, commenting on the statements of a number of the UN Security Council member states.
The exhibition "Ossetian Color" will be opened on August 16 in the North Caucasus branch of the State Museum of the Oriental Art in the Republic of Adygea.
On Thursday, Tskhinval saw off Romeo Pliev, a serviceman from the 4th Russian military base and a native of South Ossetia, on his final journey.
Representatives of the Republic's leadership, ministries, departments, the deputy corps, representatives of the Russian Embassy, the 4th base of the Russian Federation, and Pliev's relatives and friends came to bid farewell to the soldier.
The head of the official representative office of South Ossetia in Transnistria, Vitaly Yankovsky, took part in the memorial event in Tiraspol on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the beginning of the Patriotic War of the people of Abkhazia, the press service of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia reported.
"The event was organized by the official representative office of Abkhazia in Transnistria," the press service has noted.
On the eve of the evening, a commemorative event was held at the Memorial Complex "To Defenders of the Fatherland" in Tskhinval in solidarity with the people of Abkhazia on the 32nd anniversary of the outbreak of the Patriotic War.
The event was attended by employees of the Presidential Executive Office, Ambassador of Abkhazia to South Ossetia Alan Elbakiev, members of Parliament, representatives of the law enforcement agencies, the public, and youth.