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Co-chairs of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia have arrived in the South Ossetian capital. The delegation consists of the European Union co-chairman Philippe Lefort, the UN - Antti Turunen, representatives of the OSCE, as well as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
In addition, for the first time the delegation includes the newly appointed representative of the of the OSCE Swiss mission Angelo Gnaedinger.
In Tskhinval the Co-Chairs met with the delegation of South Ossetia at the Geneva discussions. The head of the delegation, the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of the RSO for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev welcomed the guests in South Ossetia.
"I would like to thank Angelo Gnaedinger that his country has been making a major contribution to peace and security in the region. In 2008, when the situation in South Ossetia was tense down to the limit, we turned to the ambassadors accredited in Georgia with a proposal to come and assist in lifting tension; the ambassador of Switzerland was always attentive to our appeals. He came and expressed willingness to assist in reducing tension,"- said Dzhioev.
He has also noted that the meeting is taking place at a significant time for South Ossetia - November 23 is marked in the Republic as the Day of Courage and National Unity.
"November 23, 1989 Georgian armed groups for the first time attempted to burst into Tskhinval. But thanks to the courage, firmness and unity of our people the situation was defused," - said the envoy.
He has also reminded that Georgia on November 23 was also marking the anniversary of the "Rose Revolution ", when 10 years ago to power in the country came Mikhail Saakashvili.
"Now there is a new government in Georgia, but what has done for his country Saakashvili, I believe, the future generations will have to assess. He managed to inflict immense harm to peace and security in the region, the Georgian- Ossetian relations. But, I think he will be brought to punishment for all his evil deeds, "- said Dzhioev.
He has expressed hope that the new government of Georgia will draw conclusions from what happened and do their utmost for the progress in the Georgian- Ossetian and Georgian- Abkhazian relations.
"We all live in the Caucasus; no one here is going to leave. And the sooner we find the opportunity for good-neighborly relations, the better "- said Dzhioev.
He has added that the participants of the meeting will have to work fruitfully in preparation for the 26 round of the discussions, stressing that their main purpose is still to sign an agreement on the non-use of force.
Then the meeting continued without the participation of the media.
Today the Co-Chairs plan to visit the border village of Mugut in Znaur district of South Ossetia.

South Ossetian folk dance group "Amond " under the Department of Culture of the Administration of Tskhinval District of South Ossetia became the winner of the XI festival-contest "Russian Terpsichore" (held November 21 - 23 in Essentuki ) in the nomination "Folk Dance," said the news agency " Res" the art director of the group Radion Kozaev.
According to him, "Amond" was awarded the first degree diploma in the nomination "Folk Dance", which was attended by the 11 older age groups from various regions of the Russian Federation.
"Our competitors were well prepared, but the jury awarded the victory to our team, brilliantly performed the Ossetian folk dance "Simd." In addition, our dancers Alexander Abaev, Hamlet Kokoev and Alan Alborov were recognized as the best dancers of the festival and awarded special prizes, "- said Kozaev.
The jury included the well-known cultural figures - artists, choreographers from Russia and other countries. Kozaev has also noted the high organizational level of the festival.
"We were welcomed very cordially. I want to thank the organizers of the competition - the event has become a platform where young artists from different regions of Russia had the opportunity to display their talent, "- said Radion Kozaev.
Assistance in the organization of the trip was rendered by the Ministry of Culture of South Ossetia.
" I want to express my gratitude to the Minister of Culture of the Republic Makharbeg Kokoev for his assistance in organizing the trip," – underlined Kozaev.
The art director of the folk dance group "Amond" Rodion Kozaev was declared the winner in the nomination "The best choreographer" and awarded a special prize.
The festival-competition "Russian Terpsichore" is conducted to reveal and support the talented choreographers and performers, develop and popularize choreographic art, strengthen cultural ties and exchange experience between choreographic collectives of the cities and regions of the Russian Federation, increasing the level of mastery of the participants.
The festival is organized by the City Hall of Essentuki, the municipal cultural institution "Palace of Culture" and the Moscow independent creative organization "The Calling."

Fund for support of the wounded who became disabled during the fighting in South Ossetia in 1989-2008 has organized for the defenders of South Ossetia a cultural study tour of historical sites in North Ossetia.

South Ossetian representatives are taking part in the Regional School for Young Journalists held in Sochi (Russia) November 21 - 25. South Ossetia is represented by journalists of the Information Agency "Res," newspaper "South Ossetia" and representatives of the press service of the Administration of the President of South Ossetia. The organizer of the school is the Political Science Center "North-South."
Executive Director of the Political Science Center "North-South" Alexei Vlasov has noted that the participants of the schools, earlier conducted in the South Caucasus states, demonstrated a professional approach in the coverage of processes related to the Russian Federation.
"Interaction of journalists from Russia and the Caucasus promotes cooperation and maintenance of the common humanitarian and information space," - he said.
The school, organized by the Russian Political Science Center "North-South" is also attended by representatives of Abkhazia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The School participants have attended the lectures of the Deputy Chief Editor of the Edition of the CIS, Baltic States on the subject «The Modern media: risks and challenges» and the leading columnist of the magazine «Itogi» Kirill Privalov. They visited the Olympic facilities, including the Imereti lowland, the ice arenas, sports facilities.
The Vice- President of the Federation of Sports Journalists of Russia Lev Rossoshik, editor of the science magazine "Russian Reporter" Gregory Tarasevich also held workshops for the School participants.

November 15 - 22 the Border Service of KGB of South Ossetia was considering the cases against four people. Three citizens of Georgia and a citizen of the RSO were detained on November 21 for violation of the state border.
"The case of a citizen of South Ossetia in the near future will be considered in court. Residents of the Georgian village of Tseronisi in Kareli district Alexi Arsenadze and Georgi Tedeshvili were fined 2000 rubles," - said the KGB press-service official.
Currently is being considered the issue of their expulsion from the territory of South Ossetia.
Another citizen of Georgia is under investigation.
According to the press service of the Russian Border Control agency in South Ossetia, November11 - 22, the border guards detained four violators of the state border and 1 violator of the border regime near the villages of Balta, Dzvilet and Artsev.
After drawing up protocols on administrative violations, the detainees were handed over to the Border Service of the KGB of the Republic of South Ossetia.
In addition, during this period were discovered two caches of weapons and ammunition near the villages of Balta and Mugut. The KGB operatives of South Ossetia removed one carbine with cartridges and a heavy caliber machine gun "Utes."

Representatives of the Ossetian diaspora in Turkey, arrived in Tskhinval on a working visit, met with the rector of South-Ossetian State University. The delegation has included the Deputy Chairman of the Ossetian community in Turkey Jale Pukhaty and the owner of one of the central clinics in Istanbul Muzaffer Khuysaty with his wife. The guests were accompanied by Advisor to the Chairman of the Government of the Republic of North Ossetia- Alania Nelly Pukhaeva. Representatives of the Ossetian diaspora met with the rector of the university Vadim Tedeev. He thanked the guests for their attention to the problems of South Ossetian State University, as well as for the ongoing work on preservation and development of the Ossetian language among the Turkish ethnic Ossetians.
Tedeev has expressed confidence that the cooperation with the Turkish Ossetians, students will yield positive results in the development of friendly relations between the two countries.
"We will be glad to host students from Turkey, so that they could learn better the history of their ancestors, their culture and traditions, language. We can also conduct online conferences with members of the Ossetian diaspora, "- said the rector of the South Ossetian State University.
In turn, Jale Pukhaty reported on the activities of the Ossetian diaspora in Turkey. She has stressed that lately the ethnic Ossetians in Turkey have the opportunity to promote their language and culture of their ancestors.
" So it would be great if the young people, the students were able to communicate, to exchange experience. A lot of young people in Turkey are interested in Ossetian national dances, songs, and the Ossetian language, but we do not have specialists who could teach the young people ", - she said.
The meeting also discussed the possibility of holding a variety of joint activities.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received representatives of the Ossetian Diaspora in Turkey: the Deputy Chairman of the Ossetian community in Turkey Jale Pukhaty and the owner of one of the central clinics in Istanbul Muzaffer Khuysaty with his wife, arrived in South Ossetia on a working visit.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov held a working meeting with the Government of the Republic, the leadership of the City Hall and the South Ossetian State University (South Ossetian State University).

Representatives of the South Ossetian youth public organization "Sunrise", headed by its Chairman, Michael Kochiev, took part in the International Youth Conference "Youth, Parliamentarianism and Eurasian Integration, " held in Moscow on November 14.

South Ossetian teacher of Russian language and literature Alla Muldarova has become a prize winner of the international contest "The best teacher of Russian literature abroad," held in Moscow on November 15 - 19. As Alla Muldarova said in her interview with the news agency "Res" the competition was held by Rossotrudnichestvo within the framework of the federal target program "Russian Language" for 2011 - 2015.