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Statement by the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity

In his recent speech in the European Parliament, the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said that he refused to use force to "restore the territorial integrity" of his country, and would not attack either the Russian "occupant" or their "puppets". If this statement is translated into common language, it would mean that Saakashvili promises not to use force against South Ossetia.

Astana OSCE Summit has taken place this week. After 11-year break, the Summit did not completed its intitial tasks, and it was impossible to develop a unified document to satisfy all the member states of the organization. Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Kazbulat Tskhovrebov comments on the results of the OSCE Summit in Astana.
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The President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity received the RF Minister of Regional Development Viktor Basargin paying a working visit to the Republic. The meeting was also attended by the Prime Minister of South Ossetia Vadim Brovtsev, Deputy Regional Development Minister of the RF Roman Panov, Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Elbrus Kargiev.
At the beginning of the meeting, Eduard Kokoity noted that after successful meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission, where important decisions were taken in relation to the future prospects of Russian-South Ossetian co-operation a lot had already been done.
"We are cooperating with the Ministry of Regional Development entrusted by Russian government to deal with this issue. Your today’s visit receives special attention in South Ossetia since it the end of the year and the comprehensive rehabilitation plan is about to complete, " said Eduard Kokoity.
Addressing Viktor Basargin, the President noted that it was thanks to Basargin’s personal involvement that the agreement was reached on allocation of funds for the construction of private housing in South Ossetia.

During the visit of the RF Minister of Regional Development to South Ossetia, the following documents were signed in Tskhinval: Minutes of the second session of the Intergovernmental Commission on economic and social cooperation between South Ossetia and Russia, the Terms of Interaction between the Ministry of Regional Development and the authorized body of the RSO to implement the investment program to promote socio-economic development South Ossetia in 2011. In addition, the investment program to promote socio-economic development of South Ossetia in 2011 was also signed.

The statement by the South Ossetian President's Commissioner for Human Rights David Sanakoyev at European Russian Forum in Brussels.

Boris Chochiev, the Chairman of the Commission of South Ossetia on delimitation and demarcation of the border with Georgia, held a working meeting. The Secretary of the Commission Merab Chigoev, Deputy Chief of the RF FSB Border-Guard Department in South Ossetia Roman Tkachenko, Deputy Head of the South Ossetian KGB Border Guard Department Robert Gazzaev, Head of Artsev village administration Lev Goiaev, Deputy Head of Artsev Interior Department, Tskhinval District, Vyacheslav Kudziev attended the meeting.

The second meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on socio-economic cooperation between Russia and South Ossetia took place in Tskhinval. Representatives of almost all ministries and agencies of Russia and South Ossetia attended the meeting.
The meeting participants should determine the amount of funding within the socio-economic cooperation between Russia and South Ossetia in 2011, and approve the list of sites on the territory of South Ossetia the construction of which is to be carried out next year in the framework of socio-economic cooperation between Russia and South Ossetia. Furthermore, the date of the next meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission should be fixed.
The President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity opened the meeting.

A meeting of the Inter-Agency Governmental Commission for the socio-economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia is taking place Tuesday, November 30, in Tskhinval, reports the press service of the president and the government of South Ossetia.
The meeting is to discuss the topical issues of further development of bilateral relations in the near future. Commission members will also participate in the opening of some construction sites, the rehabilitation of which is envisaged by the comprehensive plan for the current year.

Inter-regional Youth Forum “The Caucasus Today and Tomorrow”: Open Youth Dialogue to be held in the capital of North Ossetia-Alania to focus on issues of security, economy and civil society in the Caucasus, reports Pyotr Pavlov, the Chair of North Ossetia’s Youth Parliament Committee.

The incidents in the area of responsibility of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia might hamper the normal work on identification and consolidation of the border line between South Ossetia and Georgia, reports the press-service of the Office of the South Ossetian President’s Special Representative for Post-Conflict Settlement referring to the letter addressed by the Special Representative Boris Chochiev to Pierre Morel, the EU Co-Chair of the Geneva Discussions on secuirty in South Caucasus.