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Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev and Ambassador of Abkhazia to the Republic Alan Elbakiev exchanged views on the state of South Ossetian-Abkhazian relations, which are traditionally friendly.

According to the press service of the Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia, the meeting of officials took place on Wednesday at the Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia, the parties also touched upon some aspects of the regional agenda.

Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation Konstantin Chuichenko during a telephone conversation invited his South Ossetian counterpart Oleg Gagloev to take part in the major international event in the field of law - the XI St. Petersburg International Legal Forum, which will be held on May 11-13, the press service of the Ministry of Justice of the RSO reports.

South Ossetia will take part in the Caucasian Investment Exhibition, which will be held in the city of Mineralnye Vody in early May 2023. According to the press service of the government of the Republic of South Ossetia, the event is held to improve the investment climate in the regions and attract investors.

The public organization, created on behalf of President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev in order to provide assistance to the participants of the special military operation, has started working. This was reported by the press service of the Defense Ministry of the Republic.

The Ministry noted that the organization had passed state registration with the Ministry of Justice and the Committee on Taxes and Duties of the Republic of South Ossetia.

Bagaev Roman was elected the head of the organization at the meeting of founders.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev held a meeting with Ambassador of the Republic to the Russian Federation Znaur Gassiev, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.

"During the conversation, some topical aspects of the Embassy's activities aimed at further strengthening friendly South Ossetian-Russian relations were discussed," the statement of the press service reads.

In South Ossetia, 23 violators of the law in the border area were detained at various sections of the state border in March, the KGB of the Eepublic reports.

The Committee has clarified that 10 of the detainees violated the state border regime, and 13 violated the border regime.

“The border service of the KGB conducted investigations on each fact of violation of legal regimes. As a result, 18 people were subjected to the administrative fine and 5 people were warned,” the press service said.

Thanks to the exchange events, there is the opportunity to present a piece of Abkhaz culture in South Ossetia, - Daur Kove, Minister of Culture of Abkhazia, noted at the briefing in Tskhinval.

According to him, this is not the first time he has come to Tskhinval. “I always feel as at home,” said Kove.

In Tskhinval on Thursday, a solemn closing ceremony of the Days of Culture of Abkhazia in South Ossetia took place. The delegation from the fraternal republic held a two-day tour in the capital, showing all the beauty of the culture of the Abkhaz people.

The event was attended by President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev, Ambassador of Russia Marat Kulakhmetov, Ambassador of Abkhazia Alan Elbakiev, Minister of Culture of South Ossetia Rada Dzagoeva, a delegation from Abkhazia headed by Minister of Culture of the Republic Daur Kove and others.

The urgency of developing a legally binding document on the non-use of force between Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia is even more growing against the background of the events and calls to unleash a new armed conflict that took place in Georgia in March 2023.

During the next round of international discussions on security in Transcaucasia, held on April 4-5 in Geneva, this issue was given the main attention, the statement of the South Ossetian delegation reads.

The meeting in Geneva was held in two working groups: on security and on humanitarian issues.

The heads of the ministries of culture of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are developing joint events in honor of the landmark anniversary - the 15th anniversary of the recognition of the independence of the republics by the Russian Federation. This was announced at the briefing in Tskhinval by the head of Ministry of Culture of Abkhazia, Daur Kove.

"The idea is to make a joint event. We are now thinking what a beautiful highlight to give to our peoples. I am sure that it will turn out bright and very interesting," the Minister said.