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Tskhinvali is alarmed by the resumption of kidnappings in Georgia, stated Konstantin Kochiev, head of the South Ossetian delegation and State Advisor to the President, during a meeting with the UN, OSCE, and EU Co-Chairs of the Geneva Discussions in Tskhinval.

"Student Tamaz Goloev, who was traveling to a neighboring state on business, was kidnapped, and we are very concerned about his fate. This is a very negative signal for our process, for discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia," Kochiev said.

Representatives of South Ossetia were presented with commemorative medals of President of the Russian Federation "World Youth Festival 2024" at the office of the World Youth Festival Directorate in Moscow.

The awards were presented to Alan Tibilov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office of South Ossetia, and Andrei Ottaev, Head of the Department of Presidential .Executive Office of the Republic of South Ossetia, by Artem Fomin, First Deputy General Director of the DVFM.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia issued a statement on the occasion of the 34th anniversary of the adoption of the Act of Declaration of Independence and the establishment of the republic's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Ministry has reminded that on May 28-29, 1992, at the height of Georgia's armed aggression, a session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of South Ossetia adopted the historic Act of Declaration of Independence, based on the will of the people expressed in the referendum.

South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev met with Russian Ambassador to the Republic Marat Kulakhmetov. During the meeting, the Ambassador presented the South Ossetian Foreign Minister with a congratulatory message from Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Galuzin on the occasion of the Republic's Diplomatic Worker's Day.

Galuzin's message emphasizes the dedicated work of the leadership and staff of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry in strengthening the country's international standing since the proclamation of the Republic.

The role of national museums is becoming especially relevant in the era of blurring cultural boundaries, Merab Zasseev, head of the National Museum of South Ossetia, has noted, summing up his participation in the "Intermuseum BRICS+" International Festival in Moscow.

The event took place at the Tretyakov Gallery and featured the museums from Russia, BRICS+ countries, and the Global South.

South Ossetia's Ambassador to Russia, Znaur Gassiev, is participating in the 3rd International Anti-Fascist Forum, "The Fight against International Terrorism, Arbitrariness, and Aggression. For Peace and Security."

Gassiev is participating in the event at the invitation of Gennady Zyuganov, Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, according to the Embassy press service.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a greeting to the forum participants, calling for the unification of all constructive forces to build a just, democratic, and multipolar world.

The South Ossetian Parliament plans to ratify the Treaty on Deepening Allied Cooperation between Russia and South Ossetia on May 21, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov announced.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev signed a Treaty on May 9 to deepen allied cooperation between the two countries.

"According to available information, our partners plan to ratify it on May 21," Alimov said at the meeting of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs.

Further cooperation within the framework of the Agreement between the Council of Ministers of Crimea and the Government of South Ossetia was discussed at the meeting between the South Ossetian Ambassador Znaur Gassiev and the Head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov.

The discussion focused on the implementation of the Agreement on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical, and Cultural Cooperation, according to the Information and Press Service of the Head of the Republic of Crimea.

The main topics at the latest Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting were security and humanitarian issues, as well as incidents on the state border. Yegor Kochiev, head of the South Ossetian delegation, reported on the meeting's results.

"During the meeting, we discussed pressing security and humanitarian issues arising along the entire border of the Republic of South Ossetia," Kochiev has clarified.

He has noted that the past period has been characterized by a relatively low level of violations.

Security issues at the South Ossetian-Georgian border will be discussed on Thursday at the meeting within the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM).

The key topic of discussion in Ergnet will once again be the removal of the Georgian police post from the South Ossetian village of Uista, set up in late August 2019.

The participants will also analyze the current border security situation and review statistics on violations recorded since the previous meeting.