President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov received Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliyev, who arrived in South Ossetia on a working visit.
As reported by the press service of the President and the Government, the head of the South Ossetian state congratulated the honored guest on the victory of the Russian national football team in the 1/8 finals of the World Cup over the Spanish national team.
The Georgian side at the Geneva discussions again raised the issue of the death of Archil Tatunashvili, trying to make of this show, said Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.
However, the attempts of the Georgian delegation were unsuccessful, since Georgia has no reason to claim the murder of Tatunashvili.
The South Ossetian side has repeatedly proposed and continues to offer Georgia to begin joint work on delimitation and demarcation of the state border between the two countries, said the Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement, Murat Dzhioev.
"From our point of view, this is an important factor in ensuring security in the border areas, - said Dzhioev. - But since the Georgian side is not going to talk to us about this issue again, we are unilaterally working on the designation of the border line."
Refugees-Ossetians expelled from Georgia have not received any restitution from the Georgian government, said South Ossetian Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.
He has stressed that the problem of the restoration of refugees in rights exists for South Ossetia at least since 1920.
The agenda of the Geneva discussions does not fully meet the spirit of the time and the challenges that this format faces, said the Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.
"Therefore, we proposed to consider the agenda on the eve of each round," said Dzhioev. - In particular, we have repeatedly proposed to delete from item 3 of the agenda of discussions the phrase: "and international security measures."
The Envoy has specified that the name of the agenda of the discussions is the non-use of force and international security measures.
Young chess players from South Ossetia took the second place in the chess competition in the town of Teslic in the Republika Srpska, told the "Res" news agency the president of the RSO Chess Federation Georgy Shavlokhov.
He has specified that the competitions were held within the framework of the international chess festival "Slavic Brotherhood" in the Republika Srpska.
"The final stage of the festival will be held in Banja Luka," Shavlokhov said. "On the whole, our chess players are showing good results."
The final event "The Days of Ossetian Culture in Europe" was the round table "Bridges of Cooperation", held in Brussels.
Georgia is trying to impose a unilateral, distorted vision of the refugee problem in order to strengthen its territorial claims,said representatives of South Ossetia and Abkhazia following the results of the next round of the Geneva discussions.
The joint statement of the delegations of the two countries notes that for several years in a row the UN General Assembly has adopted the draft resolution introduced by Georgia on refugees and displaced persons from Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Representatives of South Ossetia at the next round of the Geneva discussions held on June 19-20, again raised the issue of returning a unique icon-triptych stolen from the National Museum of the RSO and now located in Georgia.
This is stated in the message of the South Ossetian delegation to the media.
In addition to the triptych, the delegation of South Ossetia again drew attention to the threat to preservation of historical and architectural monuments in East Ossetia.
New steps towards Georgia's integration into NATO and the creation of new Alliance infrastructure facilities in Georgia are of concern in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This is stated in a message to the media of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions.
As noted by representatives of the South Ossetian delegation, against the backdrop of Georgia's persistent refusal to commit itself to the non-use of force, the continuing rapprochement between Tbilisi and NATO is of particular concern.
