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Participation in such forums helps us establishing contacts with compatriots, share experience and work together on important issues of preserving culture and history, noted in a commentary to IA "Res" Chairman of the Coordinating Council of public organizations of Russian compatriots (KSORS) in the Republic Svetlana Kotaeva, speaking about her participation in the IV Eurasian meeting of Russian compatriots.

The event on the topic "Women of the Russian Diaspora: Preserving the Past, Creating the Future" was held in Qatar.

The anti-tank mine TM-57 was found in the village of Kheit in Tskhinval district of South Ossetia, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports.

Sappers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of South Ossetia seized the ammunition for subsequent destruction.

The delegation of the South Ossetian Parliament will take part in the celebrations dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan.

The events will be held from April 17 to 19 in Makhachkala, the press service of the legislative body reports.

"As part of the anniversary, a number of official events will be held, the main one of which will be a ceremonial meeting," the press service has noted.

The delegation will be headed by Deputy Chairman of the Parliament Taimuraz Tadtaev.

A meeting was held between the head of the official representative office of South Ossetia in Transnistria Vitaly Yankovsky and plenipotentiary representative of Abkhazia in Transnistria Alexander Vataman, the press service of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry reports.

The meeting took place at the official representative office of Abkhazia in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

Alan Gagloev and Badra Gunba will instruct the governments of their countries to prepare the agreement on duty-free import of goods to the territory of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, said press Secretary of the President, Natalya Bosikova.

During a telephone conversation, President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev and President of Abkhazia Badra Gunba discussed key issues of the agreement on the regime of trade in goods, which will soon be signed between the government of South Ossetia and the cabinet of ministers of Abkhazia.

South Ossetia is participating in the Forum "Women of the Russian Diaspora: Preserving the Past, Creating the Future" in Qatar.

The Republic is represented at the IV Eurasian Meeting of Russian Compatriots in Doha by the Chairperson of the Coordinating Council of Public Organizations of Russian Compatriots (KSORS) in the Republic of South Ossetia Svetlana Kotaeva.

As reported to IA "Res" by Kotaeva, the program of the meeting includes discussions and master classes dedicated to the role of women in modern society, preserving historical memory and intercultural dialogue.

On Wednesday, South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev inspected the work of the Alan Kamen stone processing plant.

Elbrus Kochiev, CEO of the natural stone mining and processing company LLC Impuls-A, showed the head of state the process of manufacturing products from local stone and spoke about the work of the enterprise.

As noted by Kochiev, orders for the plant's products are already coming from many cities in Russia.

South Ossetia is one of Russia's most reliable friends and partners, with whom we have been walking together for quite a long time. This was stated by the head of Rossotrudnichestvo Yevgeny Primakov, answering a question from the IA "Res" correspondent during the online conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of public diplomacy.

"Our cooperation began long before 2008. Russia was the first to recognize the independence of South Ossetia. Despite the small population of the Republic, strong ties, including family ties, make us very close friends and allies," he said.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South Ossetia to Russia Znaur Gassiev took part in the discussion of the work of the International Forum "Great Heritage - Common Future".

As reported by the press service of the diplomatic department, Gassiev took part in the event at the invitation of the leadership of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

South Ossetia is aimed to build the independent state and does not intend to change the vector of its development and the desire to comprehensively strengthening relations with the guarantor of its security - the Russian Federation. This statement was made by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, commenting on the recent speech of Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze.