President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov signed a decree on Saturday to pardon Georgian citizen Vazhi Gaprindashvili, who violated the state border of the Republic and was convicted by the court, the press service of the head of state reports.
In 2020, the year of the centennial of the genocide of the people of South Ossetia, the Year of Remembrance will be held in the Republic. The corresponding decree was signed by President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov on Friday, December 27, the press service of the head of state reports.
The year of memory is held in connection with "the centennial of the Ossetian genocide carried out in 1920 by the Georgian Democratic Republic, and as a tribute to the national memory of the victims of the genocide tragedy."
One of the main events of the year, Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev called the agreement between South Ossetia and Syria on the establishment of Trading houses.
“I consider this a very good step, since any political decision should be accompanied by the implementation of economic issues. Diplomatic contacts should turn into economic relations. And the opening of Trading houses is an important indicator,” said the head of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry.
For the first time after the 2008 war, Georgia organized direct provocations on the border of South Ossetia
The main threat to the national security of South Ossetia and the security of the region as a whole remains Georgia and its reluctance to recognize the fact of sovereignty and independence of South Ossetia, said Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev at a press conference. According to him, the growing presence of NATO in Georgia and the intensification of steps to draw Georgia into the military bloc are of serious concern.
Georgia, not wanting to recognize the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia, for the first time after 2008, risked direct provocations to erode the state border, said Oleg Shiran, head of the South Ossetian State Security Committee, at a press conference in Tskhinval.
In fact, all the facilities of the Investment Program to promote Socio-Economic Development of South Ossetia for 2018-2019 were put into operation, many of them have already been transferred to the balance-sheet holders, said President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov at a meeting with the Russian delegation, arrived in the Republic on Tuesday, headed by Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for the North Caucasus Affairs Igor Koshin.
According to Anatoly Bibilov, the implementation of the Investment Program this year is completing on a high note.
These minutes are under way the last preparations for the beginning of the ceremony of presenting the literary prize "Bulaemareg" in the cultural center of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow. As reported to IA "Res" by organizers of the ceremony, the start of
the event is at 17.00, the laureates are invited in advance. Among the guests of the ceremony are political and public figures, representatives of the culture of Ossetia and Russia. The special guest will be President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov.
The representative office of the International Committee of the Red Cross will continue its activities in South Ossetia next year. By the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic, the term of the organization’s stay in the country was extended from January 1 to December 31, 2020.
The report on the ICRC’s activities from December 2018 to November 2019 at a government meeting on Friday was presented by Dmitry Medoev, South Ossetian Foreign Minister.
President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov examined the border post on the section of the South Ossetian-Georgian border in the area of the settlement of Uista, the press service of the head of state reports. The Supreme Commander-in-Chief, accompanied by Oleg Shiran, Chairman of the State Security Committee of South Ossetia and Valery Alikhanta, Acting Head of the Border Guard Service, visited 944, 8, which dominates this section of the border.
South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov met with a delegation of the Russian Defense Ministry, led by Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Sergei Istrakov, who arrived in the Republic on a two-day working visit.
According to the press service of the head of state, Minister of Defense of South Ossetia Ibrahim Gasseev, his Deputies and heads of departments and services of the Ministry of Defense, and the Russian ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov also attended the meeting.
