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South Ossetia highly appreciates the constructive working relationship that has developed with the Republic of Artsakh and is looking forward to continued further cooperation. This is stated in the congratulatory message of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev to Sergey Ghazaryan in connection with his appointment as head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh.

The South Ossetian delegation called on the meeting in the format of Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms to return to a "concrete" agenda, Yegor Kochiev, the head of the South Ossetian delegation represented in the IPRM format, told reporters at the briefing.

The first meeting this year in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms was held on Tuesday in the village of Ergnet, bordering South Ossetia and Georgia.

The South Ossetian party at the meeting within the framework of the IPRM once again stated the need to remove the Georgian post in the village of Usta, the head of the South Ossetian delegation Yegor Kochiev told reporters at the briefing.

The first meeting this year in the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) format was held on Tuesday in the village of Ergnet, bordering South Ossetia and Georgia.

President Alan Gagloev met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Akhsar Dzhioev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation Znaur Gassiev. The head of state was reported on the work done for 2022, and also talked about future plans, the press service of the President reports.

Akhsar Dzhioev has stressed that the emphasis in the work of the Foreign Ministry is on the development of relations with the strategic partner of South Ossetia – the Russian Federation.

Artists of the South Ossetian State Song and Dance Group "Simd" visited the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine. They handed over to the Ossetian fighters a humanitarian cargo, purchased with the funds raised by the "Simd" team and other organizations subordinate to the Ministry of Culture. The press service of the Ministry of Culture of South Ossetia reports this on its Telegram channel.

On Tuesday, the first meeting of this year in the format of Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (MPRI) will be held in the village of Ergnet bordering South Ossetia and Georgia, the office of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative for Post-conflict Settlement told IA "Res ".

"This is the first meeting this year. Security issues, violations of the state border, incidents on the border and other issues will be discussed during the dialogue," the agency's interlocutor said.

Western attempts to open a “second front” against Russia in the Caucasus, in particular in Georgia, are becoming illusory, Leonid Slutsky, head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, said in his Telegram channel.

Earlier, Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Georgia, Andrei Kasyanov, said that Kyiv had asked Tbilisi to return the Buk complexes transferred to it in 2008, but the Georgian authorities refused.

A meeting of the Council of the North Caucasian Parliamentary Association is taking place in Pyatigorsk, in which a delegation of the Parliament of South Ossetia is taking part. The Republic is represented by Chairman of the Legislative Body Alan Alborov and Chairman of the South Ossetian Parliament Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Relations Zaza Dryaev, the press service of the Parliament reports.

On Friday in Tskhinval, were given the last honors to the volunteer Tamerlan Ostaev, perished heroically during the special military operation in Ukraine.

Hundreds of people came to express their condolences to Ostaev's family and friends, including representatives of the leadership of South Ossetia, headed by President of the Republic Alan Gagloev, the staff of the Republic's Defense Ministry of and the 4th military base.

The delegation of the Parliament of South Ossetia, headed by Speaker Alan Alborov, will take part in the meeting of the Council of the North Caucasian Parliamentary Association. The event will be held on January 13 in Pyatigorsk, the press service of the legislative body informs.

According to the press service, during the meeting, topical issues of interaction between the legislative bodies of members of the North Caucasian Parliamentary Association will be discussed, as well as the activities of the state autonomous institution of additional education "Mashuk Knowledge Center".