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South Ossetia is the independent state and will be developing in its own way, ”Amiran Dyakonov, head of the Parliamentary Committee on Culture, Religion and Media, said in a comment to the IA “Res”, responding to the statement by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about supporting the territorial integrity of Georgia, its sovereignty within internationally recognized borders.

“It is clear that for the NATO countries Georgia is an instrument of their geopolitical ambitions. The question is that South Ossetia has not been a part of Georgia for a long time,”Dyakonov said.

On the Victory and Independence Day of the Republic of Abkhazia, acting Foreign Minister of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev took part in a solemn ceremony of laying wreaths and flowers at the memorial to the fallen warriors in Sukhum, the press service of the Republic's Foreign Ministry reports.

The First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Andrei Tskhovrebov received on Wednesday the Ambassador of the Republic of Abkhazia Alan Elbakiev on the occasion of the state holiday - the Day of Victory and Independence, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic reports.

In Moscow, Ambassador of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation Znaur Gassiev met with the head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation Yevgeny Primakov, the press service of the Embassy reported.

Over the past day, 23 people have been tested for coronavirus in the laboratory of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, 5 tests showed positive results, the head of the Committee Marina Kochieva told IA" Res".

"Five new cases were detected in a day, two people were placed in the isolation ward of the Republican Medical Center in the" red zone "(there are 4 people with coronavirus there), three more are being treated on an outpatient basis," she said.

As part of the working trip to the Republic of Abkhazia, acting foreign Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev met with his Abkhazian counterpart Daur kove on Tuesday, the press service of the foreign Ministry reports.

Daur Kove thanked Dmitry Medoev for the visit, noting the traditionally friendly and fraternal ties of the Abkhaz and Ossetian peoples.

Chairman of the South Ossetian Parliament Alan Tadtayev strongly condemned Azerbaijan's revanchist actions against the Republic of Artsakh, the press service of the Republic’s legislative body reported.

The military actions unleashed in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic threaten the security of the region as a whole, the Speaker said.

Over the past day, 23 people have been tested for coronavirus in the laboratory of the South Ossetian Consumer Supervision Committee, one of the tests showed a positive result, the head of the Committee Marina Kochieva told IA" Res". on Tuesday morning.

Since the opening of the border with Russia (September 15), about 150 tests have been carried out (in total for the entire period since April of this year, more than 5.3 thousand) for COVID-19.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia has expressed the most serious concern over the rapid escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

"Of particular concern are the incoming reports about full-scale military actions waged by Azerbaijan with the use of heavy equipment, artillery and aviation, killed and wounded, including among the civilian population of Artsakh, destruction of civilian infrastructure, violations of international humanitarian law," the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

Representatives from South Ossetia took part in the All-Russian youth educational Forum "Tavrida" 2020 in Crimea. As one of the participants, Sarmat Kotaev, told the IA "Res", the Forum lasted six days; four people from South Ossetia took part in it.

According to him,"Tavrida" is an opportunity for young cultural workers to learn more about their profession, improve their knowledge, and make new acquaintances.