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A number of important issues were touched upon during the bilateral meeting of the heads of the foreign ministries of South Ossetia and Russia. During the meeting, the Russian party noted the invariability and commitment to supporting the socio-economic development of South Ossetia and its security, South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev said at the briefing in Tskhinval.

According to him, Russia is not changing its decision, its position regarding the independence of South Ossetia.

The issue of dual citizenship with the Russian Federation is on the agenda, it was discussed recently at the meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. This was announced at the briefing in Tskhinval by South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev.

According to him, a decree of the Russian President is expected, without which the agreement cannot enter into force.

The co-chairs of the Geneva discussions will advocate for preserving Geneva as a platform for negotiations. This was stated to the media by the UN co-chair Cihan Sultanoglu.

On Tuesday, a delegation of the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions arrived in the South Ossetian capital, including the UN, OSCE and the EU representatives.

It should be reminded that at the meeting between Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the head of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry Akhsar Dzhioev, the possible transfer of the Geneva discussions to another venue was discussed.

The Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia have proven their importance over the 16 years of their operation as a very useful mechanism not only in communication between the parties, but also as a mechanism for ensuring stability, ensuring the direct dialogue between Tskhinval and Tbilisi.

This was stated on Tuesday by the head of the South Ossetian delegation, State Advisor to President Konstantin Kochiev at the meeting with the co-chairs of the Geneva Discussions in Tskhinval.

South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his birthday in a telephone conversation and wished the Russian leader good health, prosperity, success and victory. This was reported by the press service of the head of state.

Vladimir Putin thanked Alan Gagloev for his congratulation and wishes for victory. ⁣" And so it will be," Putin said. ⁣⁣⠀

The freestyle wrestler from South Ossetia Alan Zasseev will compete in the World Championship in Croatia, the Republic's Sports Committee reports.

The World Freestyle Wrestling Championship among mat masters will be held from October 8 to 13.

"Alan will compete in the 88 kg weight ckass. He is being trained by coaches Tamerlan Kochiev, Azamat Kabisov and Marat Gagiev," the Committee has noted.

President Alan Gagloev held a meeting with the head of the Republic's Foreign Ministry Akhsar Dzhioev, during which the Minister informed him about the results of his meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. This was reported by the presidential press service.

Akhsar Dzhioev conveyed to the president the words of greetings and gratitude from the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.⁣⁣⠀

Representatives of South Ossetia will take part in the Forum of graduates of the Soviet and Russian universities - representatives of the education and health care systems of the CIS countries in Kazakhstan on October 9-10, the Russian House in Tskhinval reports.

The statements of the head of the Russian MFA Sergey Lavrov once again demonstrated the immutability of Russia's priorities regarding South Ossetia, Irina Gagloeva, a research fellow at the South Ossetian Research Institute, told the Res agency.

Earlier, Sergey Lavrov, at the meeting with the head of the South Ossetian MFA Akhsar Dzhioev, said that Russia would continue to provide assistance to South Ossetia in ensuring security, having emphasized that the decisions of 2008 were not subject to revision.

The Tskhinval City Court arrested the two Georgian citizens for two months who had violated the state border of South Ossetia. This was reported by the press service of the Republic's KGB.

As reported by the department, the citizens of Georgia - Merabashvili Sergo, born in 1977, and Gengiuri Yason, born in 1981, were detained on September 16 in the vicinity of the village of Grom in the Tskhinval district.

Earlier, the KGB has reported that another violator of the state border was handed over by the authorities of South Ossetia to the Georgian side.