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For third-country nationals, restrictions on crossing the South Ossetian-Russian state border remain in effect pending appropriate decisions

On various parts of the state border of South Ossetia, 28 violators of the law in the border sphere were detained in September (in August 31), the press service of the Republic's KGB reported on Wednesday.

"Of these: 19 are violators of the state border regime, 9 are violators of the borderline regime," the special service reports.

Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev and Foreign Minister of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Masis Mayilyan discussed by phone the sharp aggravation of the situation in the zone of the Karabakh conflict, the press service of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry reported.

The next round of the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia , scheduled for October 6-7, was postponed again due to the current restrictions associated with the coronavirus pandemic, said Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia, head of the South Ossetian delegation at the meeting, Murat Dzhioev.

"The other day we received a letter from the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions, in which we were informed that not all participants would be able to come to Geneva," the Envoy informed IA "Res".

Memorable events of recent history hardly give Georgia the right to mediate in the settlement of the conflict between neighbors, said Elena Panina, a member of the State Duma's International Affairs Committee.

Earlier, President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili made a proposal that the republic could become a mediator in the Karabakh conflict and hold a meeting of the OSCE Minsk Group in Tbilisi.

Over the past weekend, there are no new laboratory-confirmed cases of coronavirus in South Ossetia, Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Republic Marina Kochieva told IA "Res" on Monday.

Five people with a confirmed diagnosis of a new coronavirus infection are undergoing treatment in the "red zone", two more were discharged from the infectious diseases hospital on Friday, and another 7 are being treated on an outpatient basis.

Since April this year, more than 5.6 thousand tests for COVID-19 have been carried out in the laboratory of the Committee.

Two new cases of coronavirus have been laboratory confirmed in South Ossetia in a day, 14 since the day the restrictions on the border with Russia were lifted (September 15), the Republic’s chief sanitary doctor Marina Kochieva told IA "Res" on Saturday.

"Of the 23 tests conducted, two showed a positive result," Kochieva clarified.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov and First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia Mikhail Babich, accompanied by South Ossetian officials and members of the Russian delegation, inspected the Investment Program facilities in Tskhinval, including the operating and surgical building of the Republican hospital, the children's Republican hospital, the Republican maternity hospital, the university complex (put into operation), etc.

The Investment Program for promoting socio-economic development of South Ossetia for 2021-2023 should take into account the interests of the Republic as much as possible, said First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia Mikhail Babich at the meeting on socio-economic cooperation between South Ossetia and Russia.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov said at a meeting with First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia Mikhail Babich that the Investment Program to promote socio-economic development of South Ossetia would be completed by the end of the year by 100 percent.

First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia Mikhail Babich will inspect the facilities of the Investment Program during his two-day visit to South Ossetia.