Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

Irina Gagloeva, head of the Media Center "IR":

The recent parliamentary elections in Georgia are of interest to us only in the context of our neighborhood and what is the current situation between Georgia and South Ossetia in the last few years. I think that with the advent of the new government in Georgia, one should not expect any significant changes, because conceptually it is not ready for them. We are the independent country and our foreign policy relations have been developing independently, the main focus is on Russia. In Georgiais widely believed a slightly different understanding of our political perspectives, and accordingly, this will not change anything.

The 21th round of the international discussions on security in Transcaucasia has been completed in Geneva.
As IA "Res" has been informed over the phone from Geneva by a Head of the South Ossetian delegation, the RSO Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev, the discussions consisted of two working groups: on security and humanitarian issues.

Flash-poll: This week a meeting of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia David Sanakoev has been held in Moscow . How would you comment on the outcome of the meeting and what are your expectations from the forthcoming official visit of President Leonid Tibilov to Moscow.

Yuri Vazagov, an independent expert:

Deputy Defense Minister of South Ossetia Ibrahim Gasseev and the head of the Ministry of Defense of Transnistria Alexander Lukyanenko have signed today in Sukhum the cooperation agreements with the head of the Defense Ministry of Abkhazia Mirab Kishmaria.
"The agreements have been signed to strengthen the military security, the mutual provision of information about the challenges and threats to national security, territorial integrity and sovereignty", - has been noted by the signatories at the ceremony, held in the Cabinet of Abkhazia.

Questions on working out a strategy of socio-economic development of South Ossetia up to 2030 have been discussed today at a meeting of the Government of the Republic with the Russian "Center for Strategic Designing" and the Russian project company "Giprogor." The meeting was chaired by the Minister for Economic Development of South Ossetia Zalina Khugati.

The Mission of the Red Cross (ICRC) in South Ossetia continues to assist in the construction of water supply systems in the rural areas of the Republic.

President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov hosted the well-known Russian businessman Taimuraz Bolloev, who had arrived in the Republic on a working visit. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Rostik Khugaev, head of the Presidential administration Boris Chochiev, First Deputy Prime Minister Guram Melkoev, and a Chairman of the Committee of Industry, Transport and Energy Vasily Dzasseev.
At the beginning of the meeting the President welcomed the guests and told about the plans and processes for rehabilitation and further development of the Republic of South Ossetia.

South Ossetia will be striving for recognition its independence by Georgia. This was declared by the Foreign Minister of South Ossetia David Sanakoev at a meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow.

Projects of the South-Ossetian State University, named after A.A.Tibilov, presented at the IX International Junior Forestry Contest, held in Moscow, have been included in the top ten of the forum. As IA "Res" has been informed by professor of biology and botany of the South-Ossetian State University, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences Johnny Kachmazov, the main challenge that faced the competitors was to develop projects for protection the forestry ecology in the world.

Georgia held parliamentary elections in which has won the opposition party "Georgian Dream", led by Bidzina Ivanishvili.

South Ossetia had been observing the elections with interest. We have asked the RSO Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev to comment how the outcome of the political processes in the neighboring country will affect the relations between South Ossetia and Georgia, and what are the prospects of development of relations between Georgia and South Ossetia:
- Parliamentary election in Georgia, first of all, is the affair of the people of Georgia. But as far as the relationship between South Ossetia and Georgia is not settled yet, of course, we cannot help being interested in it. First of all, the results of the elections suggest that the people of Georgia are tired of Mr. Saakashvili's government, of the position they have been over the years, and, I think, the current choice was made after careful consideration and with the hope for a better future.