Acting Defense Minister of South Ossetia Inal Sabanov is taking part in the International Military-Technical Forum “Army-2024,” the department’s press service reported on Monday.
The Defense Minister is accompanied by his Deputies.
The large-scale event is taking place in the Patriot Park near Moscow from August 12 to 14 with the participation of the official military delegations from 83 countries.
The existing format of Geneva discussions in Transcaucasia is necessary, since for South Ossetia it is important to maintain a dialogue with all the parties and put issues exciting Tskhinval for discussion, Ambassador of the Republic to the Russian Federation Znaur Gassiev told RIA Novosti.
Chairman of the Government of South Ossetia Konstantin Dzhussaev has received Sergei and Daria Ivanov, father and sister of Alexei Ivanov, the Russian soldier who heroically died during the military aggression of Georgia in August 2008, the press service of the executive body reports.
The meeting was attended by the State Advisor to the President Batraz Begizov.
The family of Alexei Ivanov came from Krasnodar to visit the place of his death and take part in the commemorative events dedicated to the 16th anniversary of the war “08.08.08”.
The events of August 2008 in South Ossetia and what iss happening today in the Kursk region could not be realized without the go-ahead from the countries of the “collective West”, their military-political support for the Saakashvili and Zelensky regimes. This is stated in the statement of the Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia in connection with the attack on the Kursk region.
The Head of the Department of Biology, Head of the Laboratory of Biomedical Studies of the South Ossetian State University Teimuraz Kokoev has received an invitation to participate as a speaker for the World Congress “Reticulation and waste utilization”, which will be held from August 19 to 20 in Paris.
According to the professor, he has already sent the resume of his report “Research in the field of grape processing to obtain biologically active substances used in the production of medications.”
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia Sergey Shamba met with Ambassador of South Ossetia to the Republic Oleg Botsiev and the head of the official representative office of Transnistria in Abkhazia Harry Kupalba, the press service of the foreign ministry reports.
Oleg Botsiev and Harry Kupalba congratulated Sergei Shamba on his appointment as Foreign Minister. “During the meeting, it has been discussed the current state of the Abkhaz-South-Ossetian and Abkhaz-Podnestrovian relations, as well as further steps on their development and strengthening,” the press service has noted.
A telephone conversation took place between the presidents of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Alan Gagloev and Aslan Bzhania, the press service of the head of the Republic of South Ossetia has reported.
According to the press service, during the conversation Aslan Bzhania addressed the words of support to Alan Gagloev and the people of South Ossetia in connection with the 16th anniversary of the August 2008 war.
A mourning event was held at the Memorial of Military Glory in the village of Parkany in Transnistria, during which it was being remembered the victims of Georgia's military aggression against South Ossetia, the press service of the PMR government reports.
Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Taranov, members of the government, parliamentarians and representatives of the public arrived to pay tribute to the fallen defenders and civilians of Alania and honor their memory.
It was noted that the historical destinies of the fraternal republics had much in common.
The leadership of South Ossetia, headed by President Alan Gagloev, laid wreaths and flowers at the places of the deaths of the Republic's defenders and civilians in August 2008.
The ceremony was also attended by the Russian Embassy in the Republic, representatives of the Parliament, law enforcement agencies, ministries, departments, the Mothers of Beslan, and others.
The ceremony began at the destroyed barracks of the Russian peacekeeping battalion, which was the first to take the aggressor's blow.
A monument to the Russian military pilot Vladimir Yedamenko, perished ed in August 2008, was unveiled in South Ossetia.
The opening ceremony was attended by the Republic's leadership, headed by President Alan Gagloev, representatives of the Russian Embassy and departments of the Republic.
"Yedamenko held the helm of his combat aircraft until the last second of his life and found peace in the fifth ocean. We must remember this hero who died for the land of South Ossetia, its future," Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov said.