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On the Day of Remembrance and Mourning - May 20 (the 33rd anniversary of the Zar tragedy) memorial events will be held in South Ossetia, the Republican Commission for the preparation and holding of socially significant events reports.

"In the village of Zar in Tskhinval district, at 11:15 a.m., a ceremony of laying flowers and wreaths at the obelisk "Grieving Mother" - a monument to the victims of the terrible tragedy 33 years ago - will begin, after which a rally will take place," the Commission has noted.

In Tskhinval, Ruslan Kumaritov, perished while performing his military duty in the area of ​​the special military operation in the Kursk direction, was seen off on his final journey.

The Republic's leadership, headed by President Alan Gagloev, Russian Ambassador Marat Kulakhmetov, representatives of the 4th military base, hundreds of the Tskhinval residents and Kumaritov's combat friends came to say goodbye to the soldier.

The Abkhaz diplomats are distinguished by their exceptional devotion to the interests of their country, high professionalism and responsibility, the head of the South Ossetian MFA Akhsar Dzhioev has noted in the congratulatory message to his Abkhaz colleague Oleg Bartsits on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the formation of the country ‘Foreign Ministry.

"This noble profession has united in the foreign policy department extraordinary statesmen, true patriots of their country.

Abkhazia and South Ossetia will sign the agreement on duty-free transportation of goods, the head of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev said at the ceremonial meeting in honor of the 80th anniversary of the first President of Abkhazia Vladislav Ardzinba.

He has noted that the leadership of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are taking certain steps to develop and strengthen the already established friendly relations between the fraternal peoples.

The delegation of the Russian Federation Council and members of the South Ossetian Parliament, headed by Speaker Alan Margiev, visited the Eternal Flame memorial in Tskhinval, honoring the memory of the fallen heroes of the Great Patriotic War.

The guests of the Republic and the parliamentarians also laid flowers at the Memorial Complex to the Fallen Defenders of the Republic.

Then the delegation visited the National Museum of the Republic.

The visit of the South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev to Moscow to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, as well as his meetings with the heads of state, including Vladimir Putin, indicate that the Republic has significant opportunities to strengthen its position at the global level.

The Embassy of South Ossetia in Russia took part in еру ceremonial meeting of the updated Diplomatic Club chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

As reported by the press service of the South Ossetian diplomatic mission, the central event of the program "Culture without Borders: the Role and Development of Cultural Diplomacy" was the speech of Sergey Lavrov, who discussed the current political agenda during a direct dialogue with representatives of the foreign states.

A constructive dialogue took place at the meeting of the Commission on Cooperation between the Federation Council and the Parliament of South Ossetia. This was stated by First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, Co-Chairman of the Russian part of the Commission, Viktor Bondarev, commenting on the results of the meeting.

“Today, for the first time as Co-Chairman of the commission from the Russian Federation, I participated in this meeting, so I liked the constructiveness of all the questions raised by the Ossetian party,” Bondarev said.

In Tskhinval, at the meeting of the joint Russian-South Ossetian Commission on Inter-parliamentary Cooperation, was raised the issue of potential difficulties that may arise for citizens of South Ossetia in connection with the new decree of the Russian government on the rules for the entry and exit of foreign citizens.

Russia will continue its course of deepening cooperation and integration with South Ossetia, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, co-chairman of the Russian part of the Inter-parliamentary Commission on Cooperation between the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia Viktor Bondarev, said during the joint meeting with the parliamentarians in Tskhinval.