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The format of telemedicine consultations between the Health Ministry of South Ossetia with Russia will be expanded, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko told media representatives.

"Our task is to provide planned and emergency assistance as much as possible, so we will also consider its further improvement," Murashko said.

The Minister has noted that the agreement was reached to expand the format of telemedicine consultations.

President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev has met with the Health Minister of Abkhazia Eduard Butba, who arrived in Tskhinval to participate in the II International Medical Conference, the press service of the head of state reported.

The meeting was also attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Abkhazia to South Ossetia Alan Elbakiev and the head of the Presidential Executive Office of the Republic of South Ossetia Alan Alborov.

Russian military units are in South Ossetia on the basis of interstate agreements, Deputy Defense Minister of the Republic Vadim Siukaev said at the press conference in Sputnik, South Ossetia.

The press conference was dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the signing of the agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia on cooperation in the military sphere, which provides for the deployment of military bases in the region.

The MMA fighter Soslan Gagloev will fight for the Ares Fighting Championship title with the Frenchman Axel Sola.

The fight will take place on September 26 at the Adidas Arena in Paris, the fighting organization reports.

The holder of the ARES Fighting Championship title, if he successfully defends it, can get into the world's main professional MMA promotion - UFC.

The Russian Federation continues to provide invaluable support and assistance to South Ossetia, the Republic's President Alan Gagloev said at the meeting with Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko in Tskhinval.

Gagloev has expressed gratitude to Murashko for participating in the International Medical Conference, which will be held in Tskhinval on Monday.

South Ossetia is being transformed, and medical organizations are becoming better equipped and modern, Mikhail Murashko, the Health Minister of the Russian Federation, noted at the II International Medical Conference in Tskhinval.

The medical conference is dedicated to the practical aspects of healthcare. The large-scale event started with a film screening about the restoration of South Ossetia after the August 2008 war.

The II International Medical Conference on the topic "Practical Aspects of Healthcare Development" started in South Ossetia on Monday.

The event brought together heads and representatives of the ministries of health of Russia, South and North Ossetia, Abkhazia, Transnistria, Kabardino-Balkaria and Krasnodar Territory.

The II International Medical Conference held in Tskhinval is a unique opportunity to discuss current healthcare issues, exchange experience and knowledge, as well as deepen cooperation in the field of medicine, South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev said, speaking at the opening of the large-scale event.

The medical conference, dedicated to the practical aspects of healthcare, started on Monday at theSouth-Ossetia State University. It began with a film about the restoration of South Ossetia after the August 2008 war.

In Tskhinval, Children’s Ombudsmen of South Ossetia and Abkhazia signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation in the Field of Protecting the Rights and Legitimate Interests of Minors.

The document was signed by Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights of South Ossetia Aelita Dzhioeva and Commissioner for Children's Rights of Abkhazia Maktina Dzhindzholia.

Aelita Dzhioeva greeted Dzhindzholia, having noted that the fraternal peoples of Abkhazia and South Ossetia had gone through a difficult and arduous path to independence.

The statements by various political forces in Georgia regarding South Ossetia are directly related to the parliamentary elections scheduled for October 26. This is commented Yuri Vazagov, the head of the information and analytical department of the Presidential Executive Office on Bidzina Ivanishvili's words regarding the apology to the Ossetian people for 2008.

The day before, the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili said that Georgia should apologize to the Ossetians for 2008 and punish those guilty of unleashing the aggression.