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At the personal invitation of the President of the Association, rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy, Rector of the South Ossetian State University Vadim Tedeev is taking part in the XV Congress of the Eurasian Association of Universities the press service of the South Ossetian State University told IA “Res”.

The main results of the activities of the State Security Committee of South Ossetia in 2022 and the priority tasks for this year were discussed at the annual expanded board of the department on Thursday, the press service of the KGB reports.

"The Chairman of the KGB, Lieutenant-General Oleg Shiran, made a report on the geopolitical situation in the post-Soviet space, the operational situation in the Republic and the results of the operational activities of the State Security Committee in 2022," the press service said.

The South Ossetian delegation has expressed hope that the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) format will improve with the appointment of a new head of the EU monitoring mission in Georgia, Dimitrios Karabalis.

“The 111th meeting in the IPRM format was held with the participation of the new head of the mission. We hope that after he becomes aware of the matter, perhaps something will be changed,” said Yegor Kochiev, the head of the South Ossetian delegation in the IPRM format.

Negotiations in the framework of the Geneva discussions

During the existence of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) format, the period from January 17 to the present day turned out to be practically the calmest, the head of the South Ossetian delegation Yegor Kochiev said at the end of the 111th meeting in the IPRM format.

The cooperation agreement between the Parliament of South Ossetia and the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation was discussed at the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Relations. According to the press service of the legislative body, the meeting was chaired by the head of the Committee, Zaza Driaev.

On Thursday the next meeting in the format of Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) will be held on the border of South Ossetia and Georgia in normal mode, Yegor Kochiev, Deputy Presidential Envoy for Post-Conflict Resolution, told the “Res” news agency.

According to Kochiev, the agenda will remain unchanged - the main issue that the South Ossetian party has been raising for several years remains the removal of the illegal Georgian police post from the territory of South Ossetia, set up at the end of August 2019.

The delegation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, which is on a working visit to South Ossetia, visited the Joint Information and Coordination Center of the Internal Affairs Bodies of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports,

"The staff of the center acquainted the guests with the complex of buildings and structures, showed them the technical capabilities of the forensic laboratory, told about the stages of the center's formation," the press service said.

The violator of the state border of South Ossetia with Georgia was released from the South Ossetian correctional colony after the expiration of the sentence and handed over to the Georgian side, the press service of the KGB of the RSO reports.

President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad thanked Alan Gagloev for the position of South Ossetia and condolences in connection with the victims of the devastating earthquake that had hit Syria on February 6.

"The Syrian people highly appreciate the position of South Ossetia, which has shown a high human and moral sense and has taken the initiative to support them in their plight," reads the text of the telegram published on the official website of the President of South Ossetia.

Representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia will arrive in South Ossetia on a working visit. The delegation will be headed by Interior Minister of Abkhazia Walter Butba, the press service of the South Ossetian law enforcement agency reports.

In Tskhinval, the guests will be received by Minister of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia, Valery Gazzaev.