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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.

The general atmosphere at the next round in Geneva was complicated due to the aggravation of the situation on the border with Georgia around the South Ossetian village of Tsnelis (Uista), in the immediate vicinity of which the Georgian security forces, delving into South Ossetia, on August 23, 2019 illegally put up a fortified stationary police post, the press service of the post of the South Ossetian Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement said in a statement.

Representatives of South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Russia at the meeting in Geneva expressed serious concern about the growing presence of NATO in Georgia and activation of steps to draw Georgia into the military bloc, the press service of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy for post conflict settlement of South Ossetia reports.

The Russian delegation for the first time is headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko

The next, 49th round of the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia with the participation of representatives of Abkhazia, Georgia, Russia, the United States and South Ossetia, as well as the UN, the European Union and the OSCE observers, started on Wednesday, TASS reports.

The aerospace forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation last Sunday took part in the bombing of the Syrian province of Idlib, media reported. It became known that during the operation a large group of terrorists from Georgia, consisting of 30 jihadists, was liquidated.