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As part of the visit to Sochi, on December 20, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia Inal Ardzinba, the press service of the Republic’s Foreign Ministry reported on Tuesday.

Dmitry Medoev congratulated Inal Ardzinba on his appointment as minister, wished him fruitful work and invited him to visit South Ossetia at any time convenient for him.

Georgia can only be stopped from a possible resumption of aggression by international binding documents on the non-use of force against South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

“As long as Georgia is under the wing of NATO, trying to enter the orbit of countries unfriendly to Russia, the threat to South Ossetia remains, and it also remains for Russia, with which we are in the same political space. We have a single security circuit with it, and any threat to our Republic is a threat to the friendly country, and vice versa," he noted.

The State Security Committee of South Ossetia continues to record the intensification of smuggling activities across the state border of South Ossetia with Georgia, the press service of the Committee reported.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov congratulated the President of the Republic of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega on the upcoming bright holiday of Christmas and New Year 2022, the press service of the head of state reported.

“I congratulate you and the people of the Republic of Nicaragua on the upcoming bright holiday of the Nativity of Christ and the New Year 2022 - invariably bright holidays of goodness, faith, hope and love.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov congratulated President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro on the upcoming bright holiday of Christmas and New Year 2022, the press service of the head of state reported.

“I congratulate you and the people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the upcoming bright holiday of Christmas and the New Year 2022 - invariably bright holidays of goodness, faith, hope and love.

Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and Ministry of Justice of the Republic of South Ossetia signed the Cooperation Program for 2022-2023 in the format of video conferencing. According to the press service of the Ministry of Justice, the document was signed by Minister of Justice of the Republic Zalina Lalieva and Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation Konstantin Chuichenko.

South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov expressed condolences to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in connection with the tragic death of the Russian servicemen as a result of an avalanche on Tuesday in the South Ossetian section of the Transkam.

On Tuesday, President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov awarded the builders of the Zar bypass road, which had been put into operation 30 years ago.

The head of state has noted that it is rightfully called the "Road of Life", as it has become a salvation for hundreds of refugees.

Moscow will continue to cooperate with South Ossetia in the fight against coronavirus, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the meeting with South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev.

"On the very issue of combating coronavirus infection, we note that through the efforts of your and our doctors, thanks to the supply of the Russian vaccine, the situation has stabilized, the process of infection has begun to decline. We will continue to work in this direction," Lavrov said at the meeting.

Trade turnover between Russia and South Ossetia in the first half of this year increased by 70%. This was stated on Monday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, opening talks with South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev.

"I would like to note that our trade turnover is growing. For the first half of the year, by almost 70%. There are chances by the end of the year to reach indicators that will significantly exceed the dock-like ones (in 2019, the Russian-South Ossetian trade turnover amounted to 78.793 million dollars - approx. TASS)", - he said.