Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

The initiative group has been created in South Ossetia to hold a referendum on joining Russia, which will apply to the Central Election Commission of the Republic with a corresponding statement, Speaker of the RSO Parliament Alan Tadtaev told reporters.

"The initiative group will submit an application to the CEC, including candidates for commissioners who, in accordance with the Constitution, will document the issue so that the date for the referendum on our Republic's entry into Russia is set.

The Abkhaz delegation headed by the Health Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia Eduard Butba arrived in South Ossetia on the invitation of his South Ossetian colleague Soslan Naniev, the press service of the Health Ministry of the Republic of South Ossetia reported.

"The agreement has been reached on mutual access of citizens to the existing clinical and health organizations of both republics," the press service said.

They noted that in the near future an algorithm for access to a particular medical institution in the Republic of Abkhazia will be formed.

In South Ossetia, for the first time, was held the international interdisciplinary scientific conference on hand surgery, within the framework of which free reception of patients and operations were held for residents of our Republic, Minister of Health of the Republic Soslan Naniev told the “Res” news agency.

The format within the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) will work as usual, despite the current situation in the world, said the head of the South Ossetian delegation, Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative for Post-Conflict Settlement Egor Kochiev.

According to the head of the South Ossetian delegation, the date of the next round of April 12 was approved at the last IPRM meeting, and there is no information about the changes yet.

In a situation of global world instability, South Ossetia is looking for reliable protection and hopes to find it as part of Russia, this confirms the status of the Russian Federation as a peacemaker, said Viktor Bondarev, the head of the defense committee of the Federation Council.

Earlier, President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov stated that the Republic would soon take legal steps to become part of Russia. He has noted that the opportunity to realize this "strategic goal" was back in 2014, when Crimea was reunited with the Russian Federation following the referendum.

The meeting of the President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov with a traumatologist-orthopedist, hand surgeon Andrey Zhigalo took place in Tskhinval as part of his working visit to participate in the International Medical Conference.

On Friday, Andrey Zhigalo, together with his colleagues, performed more than 50 hand surgery operations on South Ossetian patients on a free basis.

The President has expressed his gratitude for the work he has been doing in South Ossetia for more than a year and presented him with the state award of the Republic - the Order of Friendship.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov arrived on a working visit to the Donetsk People's Republic, the press service of the head of state reported.

"The President is scheduled to meet with the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin. Issues of cooperation to help the people of Donbass will be discussed," the press service notes.

Foreign observers are expected to arrive in South Ossetia to monitor the presidential elections on April 10, Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev told the IA “Res”.

"In addition to a solid delegation from Russia, the fraternal republics of Donbass, delegations from Abkhazia, Austria, Venezuela, Germany, Nagorno-Karabakh, Nicaragua, Turkey, Finland and other countries with which we have good relations will arrive to observe the elections," the Minister has noted.

Medoev has stressed the importance of the presence of the election observers.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov, together with a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the head of the "Combat Brotherhood" Dmitry Sablin, arrived in Mariupol, where they visited the city hospital and handed over a batch of drugs necessary for a medical institution, the presidential press service reported.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov met with the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin in Donetsk, the press service of the head of state reported.

The meeting was also attended by the heads of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of South Ossetia and the DPR Azamat Chochiev and Alexei Kostrubitsky.

Denis Pushilin noted the importance of the assistance of the South Ossetian people for the residents of Donbass.