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Bilateral consultations of representatives of the councils of young diplomats of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia and Russia took place on Friday as part of the VIII Eurasian Forum, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reported.

“The colleagues discussed areas of cooperation in the format of the Council of Young Diplomats and expressed hope for further fruitful interaction. On the final day of the Forum, a ceremony of joining the International Association of Young Diplomats was also held,” the press service has noted.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev presented Ambassador of Abkhazia to Russia Alkhas Kvitsinia with the Order of Friendship for his services in strengthening relations between peoples and fruitful diplomatic activity, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia reports.

"The award ceremony took place at the Embassy of South Ossetia in Russia. The event was attended b Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia Sergey Shamba," the press service has noted.

President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev presented letters of gratitude to the silver medalist of the European Boxing Championship among young men and women Alim Gabaraev and his coach Vadim Kochiev, the press service of the head of state reports.

The meeting was also attended by Chairman of the Committee on Youth Policy and Sports Soslan Gassiev.

On Friday, the authorities of South Ossetia handed over the border violator to Georgia due to the expiration of his sentence, the press service of the Republic's KGB reported.

According to the department, a 40-year-old resident of the village of Gugutiantkari in the Gori municipality, Begeluri Ramaz, was detained in late April for illegally crossing the state border.

In June, the court sentenced him to imprisonment.

On October 4, due to the expiration of his sentence, he was released and handed over to the Georgian side in accordance with the established procedure.

South Ossetia counts on further fruitful work with Russia within the framework of the agreements concluded between the two countries, the head of the republic's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Akhsar Dzhioev noted during the meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.

Russia will continue to provide assistance to South Ossetia in ensuring security; the decisions of 2008 are not subject to revision. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, opening negotiations with the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioyev.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov plans to discuss at the meeting with the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev where it would be more convenient to hold discussions on security and stability in the Transcaucasia, which had previously been held in Geneva.

"We are working closely with our Abkhaz friends within the framework of consultations on Transcaucasia which until recently were held in Geneva. Now we will see where it would be more convenient to organize such meetings," Lavrov said at the beginning of talks with his South Ossetian counterpart.

A roundtable on the topic of the "South Ossetian statehood: main tasks and current challenges of the current stage" was held on Thursday at the Ir media center in Tskhinval.

The event was attended by the political and public figures who discussed geopolitical processes in the Caucasus region, risks and opportunities for South Ossetia, measures to intensify the Russian-South Ossetian cooperation in the sphere of foreign policy and socio-economic development of the Republic.

The expansion of the Russian military base in South Ossetia and the upcoming ratification in the State Duma of the agreement on the development of military-technical cooperation between the countries demonstrate a consistent increase in cooperation between Moscow and Tskhinval in the defense sector, Yuri Vazagov, the head of the information and analytical department of the of Presidential Executive Office of the Republic, has noted in a commentary to IA “Res”.

South Ossetia strongly condemns the actions of Israeli, which constitute gross violation of the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic and the basic norms of international law. This is stated in the statement of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry in connection with the Israeli Air Force airstrikes in Syria.

On October 2, according to the Syrian Defense Ministry, the Israeli Air Force carried out airstrikes on targets in coastal cities in the west of the Syrian Arab Republic. As a result of the attack, three civilians were killed and three more were wounded.