Tskhinval and Simferopol are discussing the possibility of rehabilitating military personnel and volunteers from South Ossetia in Crimea who are participating in the special military operation. This was reported to RIA Novosti Crimea by Minister of Health of South Ossetia, Thomas Dzhigkaev, who is on the peninsula on a working visit as part of the delegation of the government of the Republic.
“Out of the 50 thousand people who make up the population of South Ossetia, more than three and a half thousand combatants are there (in the special military operation zone - ed.). We discussed this with the colleagues from Crimea. When we win, there will be many combatants who will return. Their proper rehabilitation is very important, and Crimea can help in this issue," Dzhigkaev said..
According to the Minister, during the visit to Crimea the parties also discussed other aspects of cooperation in the field of balneology, in particular, the development of healing mineral springs in South Ossetia.
“There are about 450 accessible springs of healing waters in our Republic. Of these, 280 have been thoroughly studied, these are unique waters that are not found almost anywhere. Russia, including Crimea, could help us in their arrangement and development. Crimea is a famous health resort ", which has extensive experience in the field of balneology. We will be useful to each other, at least we must strive for this," he has noted.
Dzhigkaev also said that this spring it was planned to hold a large international health congress in South Ossetia with the participation of representatives of Moscow, Belarus, all the republics of the Caucasus, Crimea, Stavropol and Krasnodar territories.
A delegation of the South Ossetian government is on a working visit to Crimea. On Friday, the parties signed a regulation on the working group on the implementation of the Agreement between the Council of Ministers of Crimea and the government of South Ossetia on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation, as well as the protocol of the meeting of the joint working group on the implementation of the Agreement.
The delegations discussed the full range of issues of cooperation and agreed to identify specific lists of goods that the parties can provide to each other, opportunities to increase mutual trade turnover, as well as to develop cooperation in the field of education and science. They also touched upon the issue of organizing recreation for children from South Ossetia on the territory of Crimea.
