News

A delegation of the South Ossetian Defense Ministry, headed by Acting Defense Minister, Colonel Inal Sabanov, took part in the celebrations in honor of Victory Day and Independence of Abkhazia, the Defense Ministry's press service reported.

"Inal Sabanov, accompanied by representatives of the Ministry, took part in the ceremony of laying flowers at the memorial to those killed in the Patriotic War of the people of Abkhazia in the Park of Glory in Sukhum and attended the military parade dedicated to the 31st anniversary of the Victory," the press service said.

People of Abkhazia have shown exceptional courage and heroism over the years, persistently striving to gain independence. This was noted by President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev in his congratulation to leader of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania on the national holiday - Victory and Independence Day.

Gagloev has emphasized that thousands of glorious sons and daughters gave their lives so that the current generation of the country's residents could live in freedom and prosperity.

Russia's position on South Ossetia has remained unchanged since August 2008.

This was stated by Foreign Minister of South Ossetia, Akhsar Dzhioev, answering a question of the "Res" news agency regarding the response of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to a media question about possible agreements between Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

A rehabilitation center for participants in the special military operation must be opened in South Ossetia, Health Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia Thomas Dzhigkaev has noted.

“We don’t just need a rehabilitation center, it is necessary given how many people are in the special military operation zone from our small Republic – almost 10%. When we win, and I have no doubt about it, these people will come to their homeland, and we must be ready to provide assistance to them,” the Health Minister has emphasized.

The well-known Ossetian heavyweight Murat Gassiev will return to the ring before the end of 2024.

As reported to TASS by the boxer's team, he should have his next fight in October or November.

"Murat will have his next fight in October-November. Preparations are underway now," a representative of Gassiev's team said.

Murat Gassiev had his last fight in September 2023, when he lost to Otto Wallin by split decision in Belek, Turkey. After that, the boxer underwent spinal surgery.

The South Ossetian party once again called on Georgia not to politicize the issue of missing persons and to take reciprocal steps in this purely humanitarian issue, Inal Tasoev, Commissioner for Human Rights under President of the Republic, told IA “Res ”, commenting on the results of the next meeting within the framework of the Tripartite Coordination Mechanism for the Search for Missing Persons, which took place on Friday in the village of Ergnet.

The tenth meeting of the Joint South Ossetian-Russian Demarcation Commission was held in Tskhinval, the press service of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry reported.

"The Joint Commission continued its work on the international legal registration of the state border between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation on September 24-26," the press service has noted.

The meeting was held in the spirit of good neighborliness and mutual understanding.

The twentieth meeting of the Coordination Mechanism to clarify the fate and whereabouts of persons missing in connection with the 1990s and August 2008 armed conflicts took place on Friday, 27 September 2024, in Ergnet. This was reported by the press service of the ICRC mission in South Ossetia.

The Coordination Mechanism, which unites the Georgian, South Ossetian and Russian participants, was established with the assistance and technical support of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 2010, as an exclusively humanitarian platform.

South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev visited the commander of the Sarmat battalion Vladimir Naniev "Che Guevara" in one of the Russian hospitals where the fighter is undergoing treatment.⁣⁣⠀⁣⁣⠀

This was reported by the President's press Secretary Natalya Bosikova. ⁣⁣⠀⁣⁣⠀

Despite his fifth injury during the special operation, "Che Guevara" is positive. He told the President that each of the fighters knew what they were fighting for, which means that the assigned tasks will be completed.⁣⁣⠀⁣⁣⠀

A meeting between the South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev and Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Executive Office Dmitry Kozak took place in Moscow, the press service of the head of the South Ossetian state reported.

During the meeting, current issues of bilateral cooperation were discussed; in particular, issues of development of the socio-economic sphere of the Republic of South Ossetia.⁣⁣⠀