Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

President Alan Gagloev met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Akhsar Dzhioev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation Znaur Gassiev. The head of state was reported on the work done for 2022, and also talked about future plans, the press service of the President reports.

Akhsar Dzhioev has stressed that the emphasis in the work of the Foreign Ministry is on the development of relations with the strategic partner of South Ossetia – the Russian Federation.

Artists of the South Ossetian State Song and Dance Group "Simd" visited the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine. They handed over to the Ossetian fighters a humanitarian cargo, purchased with the funds raised by the "Simd" team and other organizations subordinate to the Ministry of Culture. The press service of the Ministry of Culture of South Ossetia reports this on its Telegram channel.

On Tuesday, the first meeting of this year in the format of Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (MPRI) will be held in the village of Ergnet bordering South Ossetia and Georgia, the office of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative for Post-conflict Settlement told IA "Res ".

"This is the first meeting this year. Security issues, violations of the state border, incidents on the border and other issues will be discussed during the dialogue," the agency's interlocutor said.

Western attempts to open a “second front” against Russia in the Caucasus, in particular in Georgia, are becoming illusory, Leonid Slutsky, head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, said in his Telegram channel.

Earlier, Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Georgia, Andrei Kasyanov, said that Kyiv had asked Tbilisi to return the Buk complexes transferred to it in 2008, but the Georgian authorities refused.

A meeting of the Council of the North Caucasian Parliamentary Association is taking place in Pyatigorsk, in which a delegation of the Parliament of South Ossetia is taking part. The Republic is represented by Chairman of the Legislative Body Alan Alborov and Chairman of the South Ossetian Parliament Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Relations Zaza Dryaev, the press service of the Parliament reports.

On Friday in Tskhinval, were given the last honors to the volunteer Tamerlan Ostaev, perished heroically during the special military operation in Ukraine.

Hundreds of people came to express their condolences to Ostaev's family and friends, including representatives of the leadership of South Ossetia, headed by President of the Republic Alan Gagloev, the staff of the Republic's Defense Ministry of and the 4th military base.

The delegation of the Parliament of South Ossetia, headed by Speaker Alan Alborov, will take part in the meeting of the Council of the North Caucasian Parliamentary Association. The event will be held on January 13 in Pyatigorsk, the press service of the legislative body informs.

According to the press service, during the meeting, topical issues of interaction between the legislative bodies of members of the North Caucasian Parliamentary Association will be discussed, as well as the activities of the state autonomous institution of additional education "Mashuk Knowledge Center".

The issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of culture were discussed during a telephone conversation by the heads of the relevant ministries of South Ossetia and Abkhazia - Rada Dzagoeva and Daur Kove.

According to the press service of the RA Ministry of Culture, the ministers discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of culture.

Tskhinval highly appreciates the level of relations established between the foreign ministries of South Ossetia and Venezuela and aims to further intensify contacts and develop a constructive dialogue for the benefit of the two countries and peoples.

This is stated in the congratulatory message of Foreign Minister of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev addressed to Ivan Gil Pinto on the occasion of his appointment to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela.

Festive services will be held at the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tskhinval from January 6 to 8, the press service of the Alan Diocese reports.

On January 6, on Christmas Eve, the Royal Hours will be performed at 12.00, Great Compline will begin at 13.00, and Christmas Matins will begin at 22.00, and the Cross procession will take place at midnight, followed by the liturgy," the press service said.

They noted that on Saturday at 17.00 a vigil would take place, and on Sunday at 10.00 a liturgy.