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South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev discussed cooperation with the Сhairman of the International Association "Friends of the Crimea" Jean-Pierre Thomas, with whom the head of the Republic's Foreign Ministry met during his working trip to Paris.
"I met Jean-Pierre Thomas at the international conference in the Crimea, where was established the international association Friends of the Crimea, the chairman of which he was elected," Medoev said. "Even then, we started discussing some possible joint projects with him."

The possibility of training representatives of South Ossetia at the Parisian Russian Conservatory named after Sergei Rachmaninov is being studied, said the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO Dmitry Medoev at a briefing in Tskhinval.
According to Medoev, this issue was discussed during his meeting in Paris with the rector of the Conservatory, the Chairman of the Presidium of the International Council of Russian Compatriots, a Count Peter Sheremetyev.

At the briefing in Tskhinval South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev told about his participation in the 11th European Russian forum "The EU 2017 and the Russian Revolution of 1917: Lessons Learned," held in the European Parliament in Brussels.
According to the Foreign Minister, at the forum he delivered a report on the topic "South Ossetia-Russia: two and a half centuries of joint history".

South Ossetian diplomats at the 42nd round of the Geneva discussions again demanded to discuss the situation in Eastern Ossetia.
According to the report of the South Ossetian delegation, "the South Ossetian participants once again drew attention to the problem of threat to preservation of the Ossetian historical and cultural monuments in the territories of Eastern Ossetia which are under Georgia's control, where the expelled Ossetian population is not admitted."

Iran's Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanai said his country's interest in establishing cooperation in the field of education and science with South Ossetia.
According to ossetia.news, the statement of the Iranian diplomat was made during the International Theoretical and Practical Conference "Iran and the North Caucasus: History and Prospects for Cooperation".

Citizens of South Ossetia cannot buy tickets for the 2018 FIFA World Cup because FIFA does not recognize the Republic, "told the Res news agency the Chairman of the Committee on Youth Policy, Sport and Tourism Sergei Zasseev.
He has noted that the restrictions affected not only South Ossetia, but also Abkhazia, the Republic of Crimea, as FIFA does not consider it a part of Russia.
But, nevertheless, according to Zasseev, there is a way out.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov has met with the delegation of the Russian Federation led by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin who has arrived in the Republic to participate in the 18th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission for Socio- Economic Cooperation between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation.
Anatoly Bibilov welcomed the guests, also congratulating them on the Constitution Day of the Russian Federation.

South Ossetian weightlifter Sarmat Ikaev performed at the WPC World powerlifting Championship in Moscow and won a gold medal. The athlete competed among juniors up to 23 years, in the weight group up to 125 kg.
As Ikaev himself has noted in the comment to "Res" agency, he took the first place, taking in the sum of triathlon 700 kg.
"Unfortunately, during the competition I received an injury and could not show everything I was preparing for. But, despite this, the coach appreciated my performance as quite successful", - Ikaev said.

The world opera star, the leading soloist of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater Veronika Dzhioeva presented a solo concert at the Moscow International House of Music. Veronika Dzhioeva has performed with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra "Russian Philharmonic", under the direction of the conductor Mikhail Yurovsky.
At the Svetlanov Hall of the House of Music, the opera diva has performed arias from the masterpieces of the world opera by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini and the operetta by Kalman.

South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev met with the Chairman of the presidium of the International Council of Russian Compatriots, rector of the Paris Russian Conservatoire named after Sergei Rachmaninov, a count Peter Sheremetyev.