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The Chambers of Control and Accounts of South Ossetia and Bashkortostan signed an agreement on bilateral cooperation, which provides for interaction and exchange of experience between the two departments.

For the part of South Ossetia, the document was signed by the Deputy Head of the Control and Accounting Chamber Vadim Khubulov, for the part of Bashkortostan - by the head of the Control and Accounting Chamber Konstantin Shagimuratov.

The parties expressed hope for further cooperation, emphasizing that it would benefit both republics.

The leadership of South Ossetia, headed by President Alan Gagloev, Speaker and deputies of the Parliament, as well as members of the public, laid flowers at the "peacekeepers stele" located on Peacekeepers Street in Tskhinval.

The laying ceremony was also attended by Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, ex-president Leonid Tibilov, military personnel, including former peacekeepers.

On Friday, the Republic is celebrating the 31st anniversary of the entry into the Republic of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.

The attempt of the Georgian participants to move the rally hysteria from the streets of Tbilisi to the Geneva venue was unsuccessful, although the atmosphere of the meeting was negatively affected by the ongoing anti-Russian campaign in Georgia, accompanied by aggressive rhetoric against South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This is stated in the message of the South Ossetian delegation on the results of the 58th round of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia.

A two-day 58th round of discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia has started in Geneva. According to the head of the delegation Konstantin Kochiev, the South Ossetian delegation held meetings with the co-chairs and co-moderators of the working groups,.

“The main issues on the agenda of the Geneva discussions were discussed. A thorough exchange of views took place, during which the South Ossetian delegation reaffirmed its adherence to its principled positions,” Kochiev said.

A delegation of the Control and Accounting Chamber of Bashkiria will arrive in South Ossetia at the end of the week, Deputy Head of the Control and Accounting Chamber of South Ossetia Vadim Khubulov reported to President Alan Gagloev at a meeting with the heads of law enforcement agencies.

On Monday, the authorities of South Ossetia expelled six citizens of Georgia from the Republic, who had violated the regime of the state border while intoxicated, reports the KGB of the Republic.

According to the Committee, the violators were detained on July 6 by officers of the South Ossetian border authorities in the vicinity of the village of Grom in the Tskhinval district.

Plenipotentiary Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia in the Republic of Turkey Burkhan Khosity took part in the meeting of the "Club of Friends of Russia" in Istanbul at the invitation of the Consul General of Russia in Istanbul Andrey Buravov.

In South Ossetia, power structures are taking measures to curb the illegal circulation of weapons and ammunition, the press service of the KGB reports.

"The State Security Committee, together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, as well as in cooperation with the Border Directorate of the Federal Security Service of Russia in South Ossetia, continues measures for suppression of illegal trafficking in weapons and ammunition..

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin met in Moscow with the heads of the delegations of Abkhazia and South Ossetia at the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the meeting was attended by Deputy Foreign Minister of Abkhazia Irakli Tuzhba and State Advisor to President of South Ossetia Konstantin Kochiev, who head national delegations at the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia .

On Friday, Grigory Karasin, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, was awarded the Order of Honor of South Ossetia.