Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

The documents signed between South Ossetia and Russia have two main purposes - ensuring the security of South Ossetia, providing military assistance if necessary, and maintaining peace and stability in the region, the head of the information and analytical department of the Presidential Executive Office, political expert Yuri Vazagov said at the press conference in Sputnik South Ossetia.

President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev signed a decree on awarding the Order of Friendship to Minister of Culture of Russia Olga Lyubimova, the press service of the head of state reports.

The Minister was awarded for her contribution to the development of cooperation between South Ossetia and the Russian Federation in the field of culture.

On behalf of the head of state the order was presented to Lyubimova on Friday by Minister of Culture of the Republic of South Ossetia Rada Dzagoeva during a meeting with her Russian counterpart in the Marble Palace of St. Petersburg.

A resident of Georgia, detained last year for violating the state border of South Ossetia, was handed over to the Georgian side after serving his sentence, the KGB press service reports.

The number of airspace violations in South Ossetia has significantly decreased, Deputy Defense Minister Vadim Siukaev said at the press conference in Tskhinval.

He has noted that a year ago, it was possible to frequently observe Georgian unmanned aerial vehicles entering the territory of the Republic, which were carrying out certain military purposes, conducting aerial reconnaissance and aerial photography.

It is quite difficult to confirm the affiliation of unmanned aerial vehicles violating the airspace of South Ossetia, however, such facts are being monitored, the head of the South Ossetian delegation to the IPRM, Yegor Kochiev, has noted in a comment to journalists.

"When we report on the hotline about the fact of the aircraft flight and the Georgian side tries to identify it, the drone leaves the airspace of South Ossetia, or lands, possibly on the territory of Georgia, accordingly, it is quite difficult to confirm the fact of the flight," Kochiev said.

The removal of the illegal Georgian police checkpoint from the territory of the village of Uista in South Ossetia has once again become one of the points of discussion within the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) format. This was reported to the representatives of the mass media by Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of President of the Republic of South Ossetia for Post-Conflict Settlement, the head of the South Ossetian delegation to the IPRM Egor Kochiev.

The 121st meeting was held in the border village of Ergnet on Thursday.

Since the last meeting within the framework of the IPRM, 6 cases of violation of the state border of South Ossetia have been recorded. This was reported to the media following the 121st meeting within the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) by Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of President of the Republic of South Ossetia for Post-Conflict Settlement, the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the meetings Egor Kochiev.

The Ossetian people remember with gratitude and highly appreciate your contribution to the international recognition of South Ossetia and see in your person a kind and reliable friend, the congratulatory address of President of the Republic of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev to the leader of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad on the occasion of his birthday, reads.

A regular meeting is taking place in the border village of Ergnet within the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) format.

The 121st meeting will once again consider security issues and statistics on border violations since the last meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism.

The South Ossetian delegation will traditionally raise the issue of removing the illegal Georgian police post in the village of Uista from the Republic's territory.

The cooperation agreement and establishment of twinning relations between the educational organizations of South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Transnistria was signed in Tskhinval. As reported to IA "Res" by the press service of Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of South Ossetia, the agreement was signed in order to create a single information educational space and develop direct ties.