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Georgia is trying in every possible way to avoid signing a document on the non-use of force, said Konstantin Kochiev, State Advisor President of the Republic of South Ossetia, head of the working group at the Geneva discussions, during the Moscow-Sukhum-Tskhinval video bridge on the Sputnik - South Ossetia platform.

He has noted that South Ossetia has been working on this issue for a long time, “but so far it has not been possible to come to any results.”

The Geneva discussions are not only meetings in Geneva itself, during which there is a short and tough discussion of the agenda, it is also daily work, when hotlines work on all sides, and there is a constant dialogue on cross-border issues. This was stated during the Moscow-Sukhum-Tskhinval video bridge on the Sputnik-South Ossetia platform by Konstantin Kochiev, State Advisor to President of the Republic of South Ossetia, head of the working group at the Geneva discussions.

Georgia is trying to achieve the international discussion of the refugee problem at the UN General Assembly without the participation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Vyacheslav Chirikba, director of the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Abkhazia, said during the Moscow-Sukhum-Tskhinval video bridge on the Sputnik-South Ossetia platform.

“We are for all parties - representatives of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Georgia - to participate in the discussion, but Georgia is against our participation,” he said.

The head of the South Ossetian Parliament Alan Alborov and Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin signed a cooperation agreement in Moscow on Monday, the press service of the Republic of South Ossetia reports.

“We are reaching a new level of cooperation, filling our work with concrete content. This is our contribution to the development of relations between the countries on the part of parliaments; it will give impetus to interaction,” emphasized Vyacheslav Volodin.

From October 8 to 11, Chairman of the Parliament of South Ossetia Alan Alborov will pay an official visit to the Russian Federation. Together with the Speaker of the legislative body, a delegation of deputies, which has included representatives of all the parliamentary factions, has left for Moscow.

According to the press service of the Parliament, during the visit a historic agreement will be signed between the Parliament of South Ossetia and the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

Representatives of Ministry of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia took part in the III International Conference on the problem of the spread of extremist ideology, organized by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the press service of the law enforcement agency reports.

The conference was attended by First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs - the head of the criminal police, police colonel Erislav Mamiev, and the head of the department of legal support and international cooperation, police colonel Artur Siukaev.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, Akhsar Dzhioev, sent a note of condolences to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Compatriots of the Syrian Arab Republic, Faisal al-Miqdad, in connection with the terrorist attack in Homs.

“It was with a feeling of deep sorrow that I received the news of the terrorist attack in Homs, where as a result of the attack on the military academy there were casualties, including among the civilians.

South Ossetia, which has repeatedly been subjected to acts of terror by Georgia, strongly condemns this crime,” the note of condolence says.

Over the nine months of 2023, 376 violators were detained at various sections of the state border of South Ossetia. Of these, 156 violated the state border regime, 219 violated the border regime, the press service of the State Security Committee of the Republic reported on Friday.

The KGB Border Service conducted investigations on each fact of violation.

At the Lower Zaramag checkpoint on Friday, October 6, there will be a meeting between President of the Republic of South Ossetia, Alan Gagloev, and representatives of the responsible departments of the Russian Federation on the issues of crossing the Russian-South Ossetian border by citizens of the Republic, Deputy Head of the Presidential Wxecutive Office Alan Tibilov told reporters.

The head and employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of South Ossetia, representatives of the leadership of emergency departments of Russia and Abkhazia, and the public of the Republic laid wreaths and flowers at the memorial to Defenders of the Fatherland in Tskhinval, the department’s press service reports.

In the capital of South Ossetia, the events are being held on Wednesday to mark the 15th anniversary of the formation of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.