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Human Rights, Detente and the Trusov Gorge: Humanitarian Issues of the Geneva Discussions

At the last round of Geneva discussions, the South Ossetian delegation rejected accusations against South Ossetia of human rights violations, in particular, accusations that residents of the Georgian nationality do not have the right to study in their native language,” Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy Murat Dzhioev said at the press conference in Tskhinval.

“This information is absolutely false, and we have noted that there are schools in South Ossetia where the education is in the Georgian language,” he explained.

SOUTH OSSETIAN – GEORGIAN RELATIONS CHRONICLE OF HISTORICAL EVENTS

In middle XVIII Ossetia (Alania) was an independent country - a confederation of self-governed states.

There existed two kingdoms on territory of current Georgia – the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti and the Kingdom of Imereti, and three princedoms – Guria, Mingrelia and Svanetia. At different extents they depended of Turkey and Iran.

1774 - Voluntary entrance of the united Ossetia into the Russian State;

1782 - Erekle II, the king of Kartli-Kakheti, asked the Russian Empress Catherine II to accept his kingdom under the protection of the Russian Empire;

31/3/2021

The fate of the missing residents of South Ossetia remains on the agenda - Plenipotentiary

The issue of clarifying the fate of the residents of South Ossetia, listed to be missing since 2008, is important and relevant, and is raised at every round of the Geneva discussions, said the Presidential Envoy Murat Dzhioev.

According to Dzhioev, the 52nd round of the Geneva discussions was no exception, the South Ossetian party once again reminded the participants of the talks about the three reports of the Serbian independent expert Dusan Ignjatovic, who had been invited by the OSCE.

Wed, 31/03/2021 - 15:37

The situation is destabilized by Georgia and its patrons: Murat Dzhioev on the Georgian-South Ossetian relations

Regular NATO exercises in Georgia and the supply of weapons to this country by its Western allies are a direct threat against the background of the unwillingness of the Georgian authorities to abandon revanchist ideas and the unwillingness to raise the issue of a document on the non-use of force at the Geneva talks, said the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva talks. Murat Dzhioev.

“That is, they actually refuse to work jointly on this legally binding document,” he stressed at the briefing at the State Committee for Information and Press.

Georgia's proposed vaccine is political propaganda - Envoy of South Ossetia

South Ossetia does not expect any help from Georgia, and does not even want it,” said Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev at the press conference in Tskhinval.

Murat Dzhioev reacted to the proposal of the Georgian authorities to vaccinate residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia against coronavirus.

"At the Geneva discussions, the issue of vaccination was not raised, although the representative of Georgia mentioned it in one phrase," the Plenipotentiary said.

Georgia refuses to resolve the issue of the Ossetian refugees - Plenipotentiary

The mandate of the Geneva Discussions includes the issue of resolving the refugee problem - it has been considered over many rounds, but since 2010 Georgia has been annually submitting its politicized resolution on refugees and internally displaced persons to the rostrum of the UN General Assembly.

This was stated at the briefing at the State Committee for Information and Press of the Republic by Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Republic for post-conflict settlement, the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions, Murat Dzhioev.

South Ossetia cannot be seen through binoculars - head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva Discussions

The Georgian authorities have been bringing to the international community a completely one-sided false, politicized information, creating a completely untrue negative image of the Republic of South Ossetia. This was stated at the briefing at the State Committee for Information and Press of the Republic on Wednesday, by Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Republic for post-conflict settlement, the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions, Murat Dzhioev.

30/3/2021

Tue, 30/03/2021 - 23:24

The plan for integration of the customs authorities of South Ossetia with the customs authorities of the Russian Federation was discussed in the parliament

South Ossetian Parliamentary Committee on Industry, Construction, Transport, Communications and Natural Resources considered the Plan for the integration of the customs authorities of the Republic of South Ossetia with the customs authorities of the Russian Federation.

The press service of the Parliament has reported that during the discussion, priority directions and tasks of the development of the customs service were identified and a comparative analysis of customs legislation was carried out.

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