On the agenda of the State Duma on Thursday is the ratification of the protocol to the agreement with South Ossetia on the regime of trade in goods.
Earlier, the Russian Cabinet submitted for ratification to the State Duma a protocol that simplifies the registration of oil products export to South Ossetia.
The State Security Committee of South Ossetia states that in the border area, in the vicinity of the settlement of Uista (Tsnelis) of Znaur district of the Republic, the Georgian side continues to strengthen the police roadblock with deployed infrastructure, guarded by members of the security forces of Georgia.
Vandals broke the glass of the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia in Rome and removed the plate with the state symbols of the Republic. This was announced on Wednesday by the press service of the Eoreign Ministry.
To mark the 270th anniversary of the First Embassy of Ossetia in St. Petersburg on October 23-24, festive events "Days of Ossetian Culture in St. Petersburg" will be held. Given the special significance of the upcoming date, the celebrations will be attended by President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov, representatives of the leadership of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region, as well as members of the public, the Presidential Executive Office of the Republic informed IA "RES".
The South Ossetian party at a meeting in Geneva raised the issue of extending the mandate for the work of an independent expert from the OSCE, Dusan Ignatovich, on ithe ssues of South Ossetian citizens who went missing in August 2008, said presidential plenipotentiary for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev, head of the South Ossetian delegation, said at a briefing in Tskhinval International discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia.
Murat Dzhioev, Presidential Plenipotentiary for Post-Conflict Settlement, head of the South Ossetian delegation at the International Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia spoke at a briefing in Tskhinval on the issues, discussed on October 8-9 during the 49th round in Geneva.
It is planned to show the film "Not a Time for Heroism" by Alana Tskhovrebova, Honored Artist of South Ossetia, and a presentation of the South Ossetian State University
Within the framework of the International Festival of Russian-Turkish Friendship "Sources" in Antalya will be held the forum "Karlov Readings". The combined delegation of South and North Ossetia will be led by Honored Artist of North and South Ossetia, Advisor to the Minister of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania on national relations, singer Amaga Gotti, reports Ministry of Culture of North Ossetia.
During his visit to the Artsakh Republic, Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, Dmitry Medoev, visited the Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Shushi, where he met with Adviser to the President of the Artsakh Republic, academician of the USSR Academy of Natural Sciences Grigory Gabrielyants, the press service of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry reported.
“The museum’s foundation was created on the basis of gifts from Artsakh’s friends, on the initiative and with the support of Professor Grigory Gabrielyants,” the press service said.
Representatives of Iran, Turkey, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, South Ossetia, Abkhazia have already confirmed their participation
The Southern Gate International Economic Forum, which will be held in November in North Ossetia, will bring together business representatives from all the republics of the North Caucasus Federal District for the first time, said Otar Tsabolov, head of the business support department of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev, at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) Masis Mayilyan, is participating in the Artsakh Friendship Forum for Cooperation for Justice and Peace, in Stepanakert, the press service of the Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia reports.
The forum is also attended by representatives of the Armenian diaspora of Tskhinval - members of the “Artsakh Friends Club” Cicero Khakhanov and Nonna Mkrtchyan.