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Comment of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, Murat Dzhioev to IA "Res" in connection with the media information on the denial of receiving a delegation of two influential European institutions - the German Marshall Fund and the Robert Bosch Foundation, - which had planned to visit Georgia in April, by the President of Georgia Saakashvili. The delegation was refused to enter Georgia due to the fact that it was composed of the well-known German diplomat, now a Bosch Foundation expert Dieter Boden and a member of the Bundestag from the Green Party Viola von Cramon. As a result, the visit has failed and the Georgian Foreign Ministry is trying to have an explanation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany.

- Actually, the authorities of Georgia have demonstrated once again that even in the West they make friends selectively. Accustomed to the constant support of the Western public officials and institutions, Mr. Saakashvili and his entourage give a hostile reception of any information or statement, irrelevant to their interests and facilities, immediately taking the attack against the "guilty" politicians and diplomats.

The border with Georgia will be sealed at the time of the elections in South Ossetia. As reported to IA "Res" by the law enforcement bodies, all the security forces in South Ossetia were transferred to the enhanced schedule of service until further notice.

The Day before the presidential election in South Ossetia is declared the "day of silence." As reported to IA "Res" by the press service of the Central Election Committee, any campaigning, election advertising in the media and on television is prohibited in "Day of Silence".

On the eve of the second round of presidential elections, security forces of South Ossetia have been transferred to intensified service. As reported to IA "Res" by the Interior Minister of South Ossetia Valery Valiev, from April 6 until further notice the personnel of the agency will be involved in the activities to ensure the public order and security at the polling stations.

South Ossetia is ready for a second round of presidential elections in the Republic. As reported to IA "Res" by the Chairman of the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia Bella Plieva, 40 000 ballots have already been printed and sent to the territorial and divisional election committees.
According to her, the lists of voters have included 39,790 people.
"As in all previous rounds the passports of the voted electorate will be sealed again. The form of the stamp has been changed again, it will be right-angled,"- said Plieva. CEC has also noted that all polling stations are ready for the election. "The number of polling stations has not changed; they are still 84, including the two polls in the village of Upper Ruck in Dzausky district for the citizens of South Ossetia, living in the territory of North Ossetia. One poll will be functioning in Moscow, in the Embassy of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation"-clarified Plieva.

Boxers from Tskhinval Soslan Tedeev and Richard Bitiev are participating in the Fifth International boxing tournament among the juniors in memory of the international class master of sports Pavlyukov Nicolay. This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athletes Vitaly Slanov. "The competitions are held in Anapa. Tedeev is performing in the weight class up to 64kg, and Bitiev - in the heavyweight class, "- said Slanov. He said the composition of the competition is very strong.

The validity of the term "occupied territories" with regard to South Ossetia will be discussed at the Geneva talks on June7-8. This has been announced today at a briefing in Tskhinval by the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions, the Plenipotentiary of the President of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Boris Chochiev.

The recently created State Unitary Enterprise (SUE) of the Republic of South Ossetia "Complex processing facilities" will include dairy, meat, canning factory and logistics center. This has been reported to IA "Res" by Director General of the State Unitary Enterprise "Complex processing industries," Constantine Khakhanov.
"Milk and canning plants, meat and a logistics center are planned to be built within the framework of the Investment program" Development of agriculture in the Republic of South Ossetia» - said Khakhanov.
According to him, the milk processing factory, capable of producing up to 10 tons per shift will be constructed in order to provide a closed-cycle production of milk and dairy products. With an increase of the milk supplies, there is provided the possibility of organizing a second, if necessary, the third shift.

The official delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia at the Geneva international discussions took part in the plenary session of the 19th round. As reported to IA "Res" over the telephone from Geneva, by the Head of delegation, the Plenipotentiary of the President of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Boris Chochiev, the "contentious debates on the future development of the draft agreement on the nonuse of force by Georgia against the Republic of South Ossetia and Abkhazia was held in the course of the meeting." "The Russian side has proposed a draft statement of the Geneva discussions on Transcaucasia on the nonuse of force, - said Boris Chochiev. - However, the Georgian side once again did not agree with this project.

Today in the Swiss Confederation the official delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia has held consultations with the Co-Chairs of the Geneva talks about the 19th round of discussions, planned for tomorrow. This has been said IA "Res" over the telephone from Geneva by the head of delegation, the Plenipotentiary of the President of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Boris Chochiev.