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The Foreign Secretary of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov has visited the 4-th Russian military base, which is stationed in South Ossetia. Here he has got the detailed information about the conditions of life and service of the Russian servicemen. Also, Lavrov has acquainted himself with the course of construction of the Russian Embassy building in the RSO, has driven around the micro-district «Moskovskiy». And, in the course of his planned visit to the Republic of South Ossetia Sergey Lavrov has laid the flowers on the memorial to the victims of the Georgian aggression in the courtyard of the secondary school №5 in Tskhinval and paid homage to the memory of the perished men.

Today several bilateral agreements between South Ossetia and the Russian Federation have been signed in Tskhinval. The Agreement of establishment and conditions of the activity of the informational -cultural centers has been signed between the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RF and the RSO Sergey Lavrov and Murat Dzhioev.

The Georgian leadership must confirm the obligations of not applying force against South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This has been declared by the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RF Sergey Lavrov at the meeting with the leadership of the RSO in Tskhinval. "Our purpose – is that people of South Ossetia must live in peace, live well, and we shall help them in every way.

Russia continues to render aid to the people of South Ossetia in adjustment of socio-economic life. This has been announced by the Minister of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov in the course of the meeting with the President of the RSO Eduard Kokoity in Tskhinval.
Sergey Lavrov has noted the steady allied and fraternal relations have being established between the RF and the RSO. "We shall develop and strengthen these relations in every way, help to reconstruct the destroyed in the result of the Georgian aggression. We shall in the same way help to adjust the socio-economic life of people, who have deserved peace, tranquility and prosperity", - has said Lavrov. In turn, Eduard Kokoity has noted that having acknowledged the independence of South Ossetia, Russia has done all to rescue the ossetian people.

The Head of the Ministry of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov has arrived in the capital of the Republic of South Ossetia -Tskhinval. As the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO has reported the IA "Res"- it is a planned working visit. Sergey Lavrov is accompanied by the Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania Taymuraz Mamsurov, the Deputy foreign secretary of Russia Grigoriy Karasin, the Head of the fourth department of the CIS countries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs o Russia Andrey Kelin and the ambassador of the RF in the RSO Elbrus Kargiev. At present, the meeting of the Russian delegation with the President of the RSO Eduard Kokoity is taking place.

Today, on April 25, the Head of the Ministry of foreign affairs of the RF Sergey Lavrov is arriving in South Ossetia with the planned working visit. As the IA "Res" has been informed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO, in the course of the visit the Head of the foreign-policy department of the RF will be received by the President of the RSO Eduard Kokoity. Besides, it is scheduled the meeting of Sergey Lavrov with the Foreign secretary of the RSO Murat Dzhioev and the signing of some important agreements between the two states in social sphere.

The Head of the Ministry of foreign affairs of the RF Sergey Lavrov will pay a working visit to South Ossetia on April 25. How the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Alan Pliev has reported IA "Res" in the course of the visit the Head of the foreign-policy department of the RF will be received by the President of the RSO Eduard Kokoity. "In the highlight of the negotiations will be the development of cooperation between the two countries", - has noted he. It has been also scheduled the meeting of Lavrov with the Minister of foreign affairs of the RSO Murat Dzhioev.

Flash-poll: The Authorities of Georgia offer the people of South Ossetia and Abkhazia the neutral passports (in which the citizenship and the state belonging are not indicated). What is your attitude to such kind of offers?

Alexander Pliev, a physician:
At present, South Ossetia and Georgia have no any diplomatic relations absolutely, that means, Georgia does not exist in political sense for us. If Georgia does not apologize and does not acknowledge South Ossetia, it`s not worth-while to talk to her. One could not have a talk about any passports!

Concerning the statement of the commission NATO-Georgia.

Recently the ministerial meeting of the commission «Georgia- NATO" has taken place in Berlin. The joint statement has been accepted on the results of the meeting. The statement includes the openly provocative expressions and appeals, - in particular, to Russia, - to cancel the recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and also to «fulfill all the obligations on cease-fire taken on the agreement ".