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President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, took part in the opening ceremony of the V Yalta International Economic Forum, the press service of the head of state reports.

In his welcoming speech, the head of the South Ossetian state has noted that the number of friends of Crimea is increasing more and more.

“As we see, friends of Crimea are expanding geographically. There are many people here who yesterday thought whether to go to the Crimea or not, to establish contacts with the Crimea or not,” he said.

The leadership of South Ossetia does not exclude the possibility of gas transit to Transcaucasia through its territory. TASS was informed by the President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov on the margins of the V Yalta International Economic Forum (YIEF) in Crimea.

Earlier, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council, Sergey Tsekov, said that South Ossetia in the future could become a transit territory for gas supplies, including to Georgia.

The Embassy of South Ossetia will be opened in Syria without fail, the issue is under negotiation, President Anatoly Bibilov told RIA Novosti.

The delegations of South Ossetia and Syria are take part in the fifth economic Forum, which opened in Yalta on Thursday. The delegation of South Ossetia is headed by President Anatoly Bibilov, Syria – by Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Samer Al-Khalil.

President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov, met with the Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov. the press service of the head of state reports.
In the course of the meeting it was discussed the development of bilateral relations.

Sergey Aksenov thanked the delegation of South Ossetia for participating in the significant event for the Crimea - the Yalta International Economic Forum - and noting that the path, traversed by South Ossetia, deserves respect.

The Republic of South Ossetia must follow the path traversed by the Crimea to reunite with Russia, said President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov.

President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, who visited the YIEF on Thursday, noted the "warm Crimean reception" and stressed the importance of the agreement signed at the Forum with the Republic of Crimea. He said this on the radio station "Sputnik in the Crimea."

President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, arrived in the Republic of Crimea to participate in the anniversary V Yalta International Economic Forum. At the airport of Simferopol, the head of the South Ossetian state was met by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea under the President of the Russian Federation Georgy Muradov.

Anatoly Bibilov and Georgy Muradov discussed the program of the stay of the delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia in Yalta and the agreements to be signed at the economic forum.

The first document signed at the Yalta International Economic Forum was the Agreement on Cooperation between the Crimea and South Ossetia.

The head of the Crimea, Sergey Aksenov, and President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, signed the Agreement on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation for 2019-2022. The document signing ceremony took place on Thursday within the framework of the V Yalta International Economic Forum (YIEF).

The Agreement on the establishment of twinning relations between the administration of the city of Tskhinval and the municipal formation of the city district of Kerch was concluded within the framework of the Fifth Yalta International Economic Forum (YIEF). The document was signed by the head of the Kerch municipality Nikolay Gusakov and the mayor of Tskhinval Alan Kochiev.

The ceremony was held in the presence of the head of Crimea Sergey Aksenov and the President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov.

The tour is planned for August on the eve of the recognition of the independence of South Ossetia by Russia.

The Moscow Provincial Theater, the artistic director of which is a famous Russian actor, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation and South Ossetia Sergey Bezrukov, will visit South Ossetia with a tour in August, presumably on the eve of the recognition the independence of the Republic by Russia.