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The Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, was awarded the Order of Friendship of the Republic of South Ossetia. According to the presidential press service, the award was presented to the Governor by the President of the Republic, Anatoly Bibilov, at the Hermitage Theater as part of the Ossetian Culture Day.

“This award is not for me, but for residents of St. Petersburg. It is a manifestation of friendship, good neighborliness and respect for our city and its inhabitants,” said Alexander Beglov.

Anatoly Bibilov awarded Alexander Beglov and Mikhail Piotrovsky with Orders of Friendship.

President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, at a meeting with the Director General of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky thanked the leadership of St. Petersburg and the Hermitage for the events held to mark the 270th anniversary of the First Ossetian Embassy in Russia, for organizing the Days of Ossetian Culture in the Hermitage, the presidential press service reports.

The sixth technical meeting of representatives of South Ossetia and Georgia in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) has been completed, the parties did not come to a compromise on the situation on the state border on the removal of the illegal Georgian roadblock near the village of Uista (Tsnelis) in Znaur district of South Ossetia, told reporters, the head of the South Ossetian delegation, Yegor Kochiev.

Seminar on the topic “Coverage of Humanitarian Activities. The experience of the International Committee of the Red Cross” was held in Tskhinval with the participation of representatives of the media, the Republic’s foreign policy department and students of the South Ossetian State University.

South Ossetia insists on the removal of the Georgian police post illegally put up in South Ossetia. As the head of the South Ossetian delegation, Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative for post-conflict settlement, Yegor Kochiev, told reporters, at the sixth technical meeting in Ergneti on Friday in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM), each party had their own opinion, but there was an understanding, that this incident should be resolved "by purely peaceful means."

The Tbilisi regime is actively involving international organizations in its “patriot games”

The KGB of South Ossetia, in the framework of measures taken to ensure security on the state border with Georgia, notes that Georgian law enforcement and special services are actively continuing the policy of systemic provocations.

South Ossetia and Georgia on Friday at the next technical meeting in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) will continue to discuss the situation in the area of ​​Tsnelis village.

On Thursday afternoon, the border patrol of the State Security Committee of South Ossetia in the village of Tsnelis stopped the patrol of the EU Observer Mission, which violated the state border of South Ossetia, said the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the meetings in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) Yegor Kochiev.

As part of a trip to St. Petersburg to celebrate the 270th anniversary of the First Embassy of Ossetia in Russia, President Anatoly Bibilov visited the Russian State Pedagogical University named after A. Herzen. According to the press service of the head of state, for the delegation of South Ossetia, it was organized an excursion of the oldest pedagogical university in Europe, founded in 1797.

The protocol ratified by the Council of the Russian Federation on the supply of Russian oil products to South Ossetia without the use of temporary customs declaration will contribute to the activation and development of trade relations between the countries, said Deputy Prime Minister -Minister of Economic Development Gennady Bekoev.