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The issue of the entry into force of the agreement between Russia and South Ossetia on the settlement of issues of dual citizenship for residents of the Republic will be discussed at the next meeting of the inter-parliamentary commission, which will be held in Moscow on April 18, the Chairman of the RSO Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-parliamentary relations, Zaza Driaev, said during the briefing in Tskhinval.

At a meeting with Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin, members of the Cooperation Commission of the Federation Council and the Parliament of South Ossetia, current issues relating to the relationship between the two countries were discussed, Speaker of the Parliamentary body Alan Alborov said at the briefing in Tskhinval.

Minister of Internal Affairs Alan Guchmazov has received the head of the medical and sanitary unit of Ministry of Internal Affairs, police lieutenant colonel Georgiy Margiev, who came home to South Ossetia from the special military operation zone on a short leave.

According to the department's press service, during the meeting Georgy Margiev spoke about the situation at the front, the successes of the Ossetian fighters and his participation in the special military operation.

On Wednesday, a regular meeting will be held on the border of South Ossetia with Georgia in the village of Ergnet within the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) format, the press service of the office of the Presidential Envoy for post—conflict settlement told IA "Res"

The parameters and provisions of the Agreement on Alliance and Integration between South Ossetia and Russia provide for maximum integration, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, Akhsar Dzhioev has noted at the briefing in Tskhinval.

“Within the framework of this Agreement, we have a common security contour with Russia, that is, an attack on South Ossetia will be considered an attack on Russia,” he said.

South Ossetia will hold consultations with the Russian partto maximize the advancement of the issue of dual citizenship, said South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev.

“The agreement on resolving issues of dual citizenship with Russia was signed in 2020, until the document came into force. In order for it to fully work, a mechanism is needed where all the details for its implementation will be spelled out,” Dzhioev said.

According to him, the agreement implies that the mechanism will be reflected in the decree of the Russian President.

South Ossetia does not yet see the threat of Georgia opening a second front against Russia, Foreign Minister of the Republic Akhsar Dzhioev said at the briefing in Tskhinval.

“I don’t think that Georgia has a great desire to attack South Ossetia and Russia, a nuclear power. There are no such short-sighted politicians there yet. The last of these is located in places that are not so remote (editor’s note from Saakashvili),” Dzhioev said.

He has emphasized that Russia is a strategic partner of South Ossetia, a guarantor of peace and security for the people of the Republic.

After the victory of Vladimir Putin, South Ossetia will continue to interact in very close contact with Russian colleagues and progressively develop, Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev said at the briefing in Tskhinval.

The Union State of Russia and Belarus is a very important body with which South Ossetia would like to cooperate, but it is too early to talk about joining it, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, Akhsar Dzhioev, noted at the briefing at the Information and Press Committee of the Republic.

“We have contacts with the bodies of the Union State. We maintain relations with its standing committee. Last year we had the opportunity to participate in the Union State event in Brest, and we are planning this year too,” Dzhioev said.

The leader of South Ossetia, Alan Gagloev, congratulated Vladimir Putin on his election victory and re-election as President of the Russian Federation.

Gagloev noted that Putin’s leadership, as well as his leadership of the country made possible a huge leap in the country’s development and an impressive strengthening of Russia’s position in the world.