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A delegation of South Ossetia headed by President Anatoly Bibilov will take part in the V Yalta International Economic Forum (YIEF 2019) in Crimea on April 18-19.

Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma for ratification a protocol on amending the agreement between the Russian Federation and South Ossetia on cooperation and integration, providing for the lifting of mutual restrictions on the length of stay of citizens in both countries. Information about this is posted on Monday in the electronic database of the lower house.

The delegation of South Ossetia headed by Deputy Chairman of the Government - Minister of Economic Development Gennady Bekoev returned from St. Petersburg, after participating in a seminar on the development of entrepreneurship and investment policy in South Ossetia, the government’s press service reports.

Gennady Bekoev told about the results of the seminar.

St. Petersburg Vice-Governor Nikolai Bondarenko and Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of Economic Development of the Republic of South Ossetia Gennady Bekoev, within the framework of a joint business forum at the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that St. Petersburg and South Ossetia would sign a Cooperation Agreement in autumn.

The next meeting of the Commission for Cooperation of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Parliament of South Ossetia is scheduled for October-November 2019.

According to the report of the Parliament of the Republic published on the official website, the parties decided to hold it in the Republic of Crimea.

Crimea and South Ossetia in the framework of the V Yalta International Economic Forum, which will be held April 17-21, will conclude a cooperation agreement, said the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian region - the permanent representative of Crimea to the President of the Russian Federation Georgy Muradov.

"An agreement is being planned between the Republic of Crimea of ​​the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia on trade, economic, scientific, technical, cultural and humanitarian cooperation," Muradov said.

Our task is to make South Ossetia feeling more and more a part of Russia, I think, not much time will pass, and this will be possible to realize. I have no doubt that this will happen, - Sergey Tsekov, a member of the Committee of the Federation Council on international affairs.

Serious steps have been taken between South Ossetia and Russia in terms of integration, President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov said at a meeting with a delegation of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

From the beginning of next week, we begin to send officers to the duty stations — the first 29 people will begin to serve in the formations and units of the 58th army.

South Ossetia’s Defense Minister Ibrahim Gasseev received a delegation from the Russian Defense Ministry led by Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Sergei Istrakov. The delegation arrived in Tskhinval to address topical issues of bilateral cooperation in the military sphere.

The meeting was attended by deputy ministers, heads of various departments.

President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, is planning to visit the Yalta International Economic Forum (YIEF), within the framework of which the Cooperation Agreement will be signed with the Republic of Crimea. The head of state announced this during a meeting with a delegation of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, which arrived in the Republic on a working visit.

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, the information sessions for representatives of the armed and security forces were organized by the representative office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Republic.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, the event took place on April 9-10 at the South Ossetian State University.