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South Ossetia and Russia have close and trusting relations, President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev said in an exclusive interview with Russia-24 TV channel.

"Russia has always supported South Ossetia. In August 2008, it practically saved our people from extermination. Since then, we feel and see Russia's support," the President said.

He has noted that more than 120 normative documents have been signed between the two states; relations between South Ossetia are successfully developing and strengthening.

In South Ossetia, it is planned to implement serious projects in the field of industry and tourism within the framework of the Investment Program for Promotion of Social- Economic Development of the Republic, President of the Republic of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev said in the exclusive interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel.

"On January 13, the tender will be end and we are starting to implement serious programs, including the agro-industrial complex, the tourist and recreational complex, and the industrial complex as a separate line," the President said.

Residents of South Ossetia are fighting in the special operation in Ukraine with a sense of duty. This was stated by President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev in an exclusive interview to the Russia-24 channel.

"South Ossetia was the first to recognize the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk Republics. Since 2014, our guys, together with their brothers from different regions of Russia, have been defending peace in the Donbass republics. Since the beginning of the special operation, the number of its participants from our Republic has only increased," the President said.

A meeting between President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev and Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kozak took place in Moscow, the press service of President of South Ossetia reports.

First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Andrey Tskhovrebov was given the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. This was reported by the press service of the Foreign Ministry of the Republic.

"The diplomatic rank was assigned to Tskhovrebov by the decree of President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev," the report says.

This is the highest-class rank, which is awarded to officials in the Foreign Ministry system.

A cooperation agreement was signed between the capitals of South Ossetia and the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic on Monday. The agreement on establishing sister city relations between the two cities was signed by the mayor of Tskhinval Geno Kadzhaev and the head of the municipality of Cherkessk Valery Deduk.

As noted by Deduk, a long and thorough work has been done on the agreement and expressed hope for fruitful work.

On Monday, President Alan Gagloev received a delegation from the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic, which arrived in Tskhinval on a working visit, the press service of the head of state reports.

The delegation has included the head of the municipality of Cherkessk Valery Deduk, adviser to the mayor of Cherkessk Alexei Statsenko, adviser to the head of the KChR on humanitarian cooperation with South Ossetia Eduard Khugaev and deputy of the Duma of the municipality of Cherkessk Albert Dzugaev.

President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev visited the IDPs from the Donetsk People's Republic in Tskhinval and congratulated them on the upcoming New Year, the press service of the head of state reports.

Gagloev wished them peace and happiness, expressing confidence that soon all the difficulties will end, and the special operation will reach its logical conclusion.

Fifteen children from families of citizens of South Ossetia who went missing during the armed conflicts in 1990-2008 rested at the Tsey resort in North Ossetia. This was reported to the agency "Res" by the head of the ICRC press service Marina Tedety.

On Saturday, the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry issued a comment on the completion of the investigation by the Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Court of the events of August 2008.

The International Criminal Court has completed its investigation into the case of war crimes committed during Georgia's full-scale military aggression against the Republic of South Ossetia in August 2008 and does not intend to conduct new investigations.