Today, as part of the IV International St. Petersburg Cultural Forum, the ministries of Culture of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation signed a cooperation program for 2016-2020.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Culture of the RSO, the program was signed by the Minister of Culture of South Ossetia Madina Ostaeva and the Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky.
This program is an important addendum to the Treaty of Alliance and Integration between the two countries, signed on March 18 in the Kremlin, by presidents Leonid Tibilov and Vladimir Putin.
Within the framework of the program there will be trainings of South Ossetian specialists in various Russian institutes, regular participation of creative groups from South Ossetia in cultural events held in Russia, the joint work of Russian and South Ossetian specialists in the sphere of preservation of cultural heritage, regular exhibitions of South Ossetian painters in Russia.
This cooperation will be an important factor in all-round development of cultural sphere of South Ossetia and strengthening of the traditional cultural relations between the peoples of South Ossetia and Russia.
