In Tskhinval under the chairmanship of Prime Minister of South Ossetia Domenty Kulumbegov and Minister of the Russian Federation for the North Caucasus Lev Kuznetsov was held a meeting, during which were discussed the issues of implementation of the Investment Program for socio-economic development of the RSO.
In particular, they talked about the outcome of yesterday's inspection tour of the facilities under construction in the framework of the Investment Program.
Lev Kuznetsov has arrived in South Ossetia on a working visit with the Russian interagency working group headed by Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliev.
The meeting was also attended by representatives of the Cabinet of Ministers of South Ossetia and the Russian delegation.
Opening the meeting Domenty Kulumbegov has noted that the Investment Program for socio-economic development of South Ossetia is implemented with the financial assistance and the support of the Russian Federation.
"Mr Kuznetsov, along with his colleagues regularly come to our Republic with the purpose of monitoring the progress of implementation of the Investment Program", - he said.
Speaking about preliminary results of the inspection tour, Kulumbegov has noted that there is no any doubt about the absolute majority of the facilities to be put in commission this year.
"The works are carried out in the framework of the schedules that have been agreed with the state customer - the Ministry of Construction of the Republic", - he said and added that at the same time there are separate facilities, which need to be discussed additionally.
"We are also going to consider the issues related to the development of the real economy. This is an important part of the Investment Program ", - he explained.
Lev Kuznetsov, for his part, noted that there is very little time until the completion of the financial year.
"Therefore, our task is to discuss how we can efficiently complete this year in terms of completion of facilities and financial indicators", - he said.
At the same time Kuznetsov has noted that the situation and the level of attitude to the efficiency of budget spending have changed in the Russian Federation.
He has quoted the words of the Chairman of the Russian Government that the untapped financial resources will be reallocated to other facilities more efficient in terms of quality.
"Regions of the Russian Federation will return the money, which are not implemented. ", - he said.
Kuznetsov has stressed that the program embedded in the budget of the Russian Federation in support of South Ossetia for the next year and a three-year period, in many respects is protected not worse, and even better.
"It is also an indicator of confidence and expectations," - he said.
Lev Kuznetsov has also noted the importance of the personal control of the responsible ministers.
"We have said that that the quality, the level of the facilities under construction should be a model not only for the Republic but also for the neighbors, and we provide such opportunities. We say, let us create the best projects, the best technical solutions, modern equipment ", - he said.
In the course of the meeting were also discussed the issues of effective implementation of the Investment Program for socio-economic development of South Ossetia.
