Archive - 9/2024

In Tskhinval, Children’s Ombudsmen of South Ossetia and Abkhazia signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation in the Field of Protecting the Rights and Legitimate Interests of Minors.

The document was signed by Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights of South Ossetia Aelita Dzhioeva and Commissioner for Children's Rights of Abkhazia Maktina Dzhindzholia.

Aelita Dzhioeva greeted Dzhindzholia, having noted that the fraternal peoples of Abkhazia and South Ossetia had gone through a difficult and arduous path to independence.

The statements by various political forces in Georgia regarding South Ossetia are directly related to the parliamentary elections scheduled for October 26. This is commented Yuri Vazagov, the head of the information and analytical department of the Presidential Executive Office on Bidzina Ivanishvili's words regarding the apology to the Ossetian people for 2008.

The day before, the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili said that Georgia should apologize to the Ossetians for 2008 and punish those guilty of unleashing the aggression.

Today, Nicaragua is consistently strengthening its position in the international arena and confidently building a worthy future for its people. This is stated in the congratulation of the head of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev to President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega on the occasion of the national holiday - the Independence Day.

A resident of the Georgian city of Gori, violated the state border of South Ossetia, was fined by the court decision and subsequently deported, the press service of the KGB of the Republic of South Ossetia reports.

“On September 10, 2024, a citizen of Georgia, Dzhokhadze Ucha Goderdzievich, born in 1981, a resident of Gori, was detained by the employees of the South Ossetian border authorities for illegally crossing the state border of the Republic.

The documents signed between South Ossetia and Russia have two main purposes - ensuring the security of South Ossetia, providing military assistance if necessary, and maintaining peace and stability in the region, the head of the information and analytical department of the Presidential Executive Office, political expert Yuri Vazagov said at the press conference in Sputnik South Ossetia.

President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev signed a decree on awarding the Order of Friendship to Minister of Culture of Russia Olga Lyubimova, the press service of the head of state reports.

The Minister was awarded for her contribution to the development of cooperation between South Ossetia and the Russian Federation in the field of culture.

On behalf of the head of state the order was presented to Lyubimova on Friday by Minister of Culture of the Republic of South Ossetia Rada Dzagoeva during a meeting with her Russian counterpart in the Marble Palace of St. Petersburg.

A resident of Georgia, detained last year for violating the state border of South Ossetia, was handed over to the Georgian side after serving his sentence, the KGB press service reports.

The number of airspace violations in South Ossetia has significantly decreased, Deputy Defense Minister Vadim Siukaev said at the press conference in Tskhinval.

He has noted that a year ago, it was possible to frequently observe Georgian unmanned aerial vehicles entering the territory of the Republic, which were carrying out certain military purposes, conducting aerial reconnaissance and aerial photography.

It is quite difficult to confirm the affiliation of unmanned aerial vehicles violating the airspace of South Ossetia, however, such facts are being monitored, the head of the South Ossetian delegation to the IPRM, Yegor Kochiev, has noted in a comment to journalists.

"When we report on the hotline about the fact of the aircraft flight and the Georgian side tries to identify it, the drone leaves the airspace of South Ossetia, or lands, possibly on the territory of Georgia, accordingly, it is quite difficult to confirm the fact of the flight," Kochiev said.

The removal of the illegal Georgian police checkpoint from the territory of the village of Uista in South Ossetia has once again become one of the points of discussion within the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) format. This was reported to the representatives of the mass media by Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of President of the Republic of South Ossetia for Post-Conflict Settlement, the head of the South Ossetian delegation to the IPRM Egor Kochiev.

The 121st meeting was held in the border village of Ergnet on Thursday.