South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitriy Medoev met with a group of mountaineers from Catalonia and Andorra, representatives of the Himalaiaski club, who made a number of ascents to the highest mountain peaks of South Ossetia.
As reported by the press service of the Republic's foreign affairs, "the minister greeted the guests and congratulated the participants of the ascent on the successful implementation of their ideas. Dmitry Medoev has also invited the representatives of the club to visit South Ossetia in the summer together with friends, expressing confidence that the number of tourists visiting South Ossetia will increase ".
The guests, in turn, expressed their gratitude to the Minister and the people of South Ossetia for the warm welcome. Having shared their impressions of the ski runs in the mountains of South Ossetia, they have expressed the hope that an increasing number of people, not only from Spain and Andorra, but also from other European countries, will visit the Republic.
At the end of the meeting, the Minister presented the representatives of the Himalaiaski club with the national flag of the Republic of South Ossetia.
As noted earlier in an interview with the "Res" news agency by the Director of Irtur travel agency Georgy Tibilov, the group of representatives of the Himalaiaski club, who came to South Ossetia, has included people who were previously engaged in professional sports.
"They travel around the world and make films about nature and mountains of different countries. The film, which will be removed in South Ossetia, will later be presented at the international festival. In this film it is planned to show the culture and life of Ossetians, nature and mountains of South Ossetia, "said Tibilov.
The extremals of the Himalaiaski club have already visited Langtang - the mountainous region of Nepal, the Norwegian Tromsø and the Balkans. Now they are mastering the Caucasus Mountains.
