Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

The authorities of South Ossetia, due to the expiration of the term of serving the sentence, handed over the violator of the border to the Georgian side.

"On June 17, due to the expiration of the term of serving the sentence, Lasha Aleksandrovich Khetereli, born in 1998, resident of the village of Shaumyan, Marneuli municipality, was handed over to the Georgian side," the press service of the South Ossetian KGB says.

Three new cases of coronavirus infection have been registered over the past day, Chief Sanitary Doctor Marina Kochieva told IA "Res" on Wednesday.

The total number of cases of COVID-19 infection in the Republic has reached 3375, of which 3341 have already recovered.

"85 tests conducted on Tuesday evening revealed three new cases of coronavirus," Kochieva said.

The State Security Committee of the Republic of South Ossetia has expressed concern about the increased incidence of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles by the Georgian side.

"In particular, on May 18 and June 3, in the direction of the South Ossetian border post near the settlement of Uista, flights of two quadcopters were recorded. In both cases, the UAVs grossly violated the airspace of South Ossetia, penetrating deep into the territory of the Republic up to 150 meters," the KGB said in a statement released on Wednesday.

The need to remove the illegal Georgian post near the settlement of Uista (Tsnelis) remains the main issue at the meetings in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, said Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Yegor Kochiev, commenting on the results of the 100th meeting in the format IPRM on Tuesday.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov awarded the Order of Friendship to the Head of the RATM-holding Eduard Taran for his help in the fight against coronavirus, the press service of the South Ossetian Уmbassy in Moscow reports.

"For his great personal contribution to the development and strengthening of friendly relations between peoples, assistance and support provided to the Republic of South Ossetia in the fight against the spread of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19, award the Order of Friendship to Taran Eduard Anatolyevich," the presidential decree says.

On Tuesday, the 100th meeting in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) will be held in the village of Ergnet, bordering South Ossetia,

As reported to IA "Res " by the press service of the office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement, "the meeting will discuss security issues, violations of the state border, an overview of the epidemiological situation and the general situation will be made.

On June 14, a NATO summit will take place in Brussels, one of the topics of discussion of which will be Georgia. The Georgian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it was important that the issue of Georgia was included in the part of the summit agenda, which concerns the support of international order.

The Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili will take part in the forum.

On Tuesday, the 100th meeting in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) will be held in the village of Ergnet, bordering South Ossetia,

As reported to IA "Res " by the press service of the office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement, "the meeting will discuss security issues, violations of the state border, an overview of the epidemiological situation and the general situation will be made.

A Georgian citizen who fled the country and violated the state border of South Ossetia has been handed over to the Georgian side on Saturday.

The 10th tournament in complex single combat among the security forces of the Republic of South Ossetia "Peace Special Forces Against Terror and Drug Threats" was held on Saturday in Tskhinval at the "Olympus" Sports Palace. The tournament was attended by President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov, the press service of the head of state reports.

The event was organized by the Federation of Integrated Martial Arts led by Soslan Tedety.