On the eve of the Day of Russia`s recognition of independence of South Ossetia President of the RSO Leonid Tibilov met with the Ossetian peacekeepers staff of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces, disbanded in 2010.
Flash poll: August 26 South Ossetia will be celebrating the fourth anniversary of Russia's recognition of the independence of the Republic. The status of a recognized state has brought new opportunities for economic development of South Ossetia. To what extent, in your opinion, they have been implemented in the past four years?
Gennady Kokoev MP RSO:
First of all, it is obvious the positive role of recognizing the independence of South Ossetia. It is minimized the foreign threat - this is the most important factor, which gives hope for the future growth of our Republic. In addition, a number of trade and economic agreements have been signed between South Ossetia and Russia.
Celebrations timed to the Day of Russia's recognition of the independence of the Republic have started in South Ossetia.
The state awards presentation ceremony of citizens of South Ossetia, who made a significant contribution to strengthening the South Ossetian statehood, has been held today in Tskhinval.
South Ossetian athlete Ivar Talibdjanov will participate in the Thai Boxing World Championship.
National Olympic Committee is planned to be established in South Ossetia.
As reported to IA "Res" by the Chairman of the Committee on Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism Vadim Bogiev, "Republic of South Ossetia is a sovereign state. Our independence has been recognized by several states that are members of the United Nations and other international organizations.It is natural that our country should have its sports structures, which, along with the other ones, are the indispensableattributes of any independent state".
According to him, South Ossetia received congratulatory telegrams from a number of countries whose teams had participated in the recent XXX Summer Olympics in London.
South Ossetian fighter Inal Tasoev won the freestyle wrestling World Championship in Baku among the athletes born 1995-1996.
The Western countries, which adopt the leading positions in the aggressive military-political bloc of NATO, actively continue to intervene in the internal affairs of Russia.
Their goal, in particular, is the expulsion of Russia from South Ossetia, the destruction of the South Ossetian State (and also, as in 1991 - 2008 - the holocaust of the people of South Ossetia) as well as destabilization of the situation in the North Caucasus in order to separate it from Russia and make it their protectorate and a springboard for further military actions against the rest of the Russian state.
South Ossetian fighter Inal Tasoev went to Baku to participate in the World Freestyle WrestlingChampionship among athletes born in 1995-1996. As IA "Res" has been informed by the coach of the athlete Tamerlan Kochiev, "our wrestler will perform in the weight class up to 85 kg. Prior to the tournament, we had a two-week training session in Adler".
Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev has arrived in South Ossetia In Tskhinval he met with President of the Republic Leonid Tibilov and members of the government of South Ossetia.
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia
August 15-17 Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Republic of South Ossetia Hugo Jose Garcia Hernandez was in South Ossetia on a working visit.
During the visit Ambassador Hernandez was received by the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov and the RSO Minister of Foreign Affairs David Sanakoev.