Georgia has expressed a desire to normalize relations with Russia, still considering Abkhazia and South Ossetia as the occupied territories. Such rhetoric is not conducive to a dialogue without preconditions. This was declared by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a press conference after a meeting of NATO-Russia Council held at the ministerial level in Brussels December 4.
South Ossetian part of the Intergovernmental Commission on socio- economic cooperation between Russia and South Ossetia has to draw up a plan of the activities for the coming year by February 1, 2013. This was said by Minister for Economic Development Zalina Khugati at the enlarged meeting of President Leonid Tibilov with the heads of ministries and agencies.
December 2 between 13.00 - 13.50 a.m. an armed incident took place in the area about one kilometer to the south-east of the village of Tsnelis in Znaur district of South Ossetia.
As reported to IA "Res" by Deputy Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Khoch Gagloyty, a group of the border guards of KGB of South Ossetia, consisting of three people was patrolling the border area along the Fronsky gorge, which runs at 1.5 km to the south-east of Tsnelis.
The Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in South Ossetia is planning to hold explanatory discussions with the population of the Republic due to the threat of mines and other explosive shells, left in the territory of South Ossetia since the war in August 2008. This decision was made by the ICRC management after the accident, in the result of which on November 24 a resident of the Ossetian village of Mugut (Znaur district, South Ossetia) had been blown up by a mine, while grazing cattle.
In the day time of December 2 from the territory of Georgia was fired the South Ossetian KGB frontier post, at the state border near the settlement of Tsnelis in Znaur District.
South Ossetian representatives are taking part in the international forum "The Eurasian dialogue in the XXI Century", held in the Parliamentary Centre of the CIS inter-Parliamentary Assembly in St. Petersburg.
This has been said IA "Res" by Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of South Ossetia, a Chairman of the political council "Unity" Zurab Kokoev.
The mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in South Ossetia is carrying out works on the reconstruction of water mains in the villages of Mugut and Didmukha in Znaur district of South Ossetia.
Strategy for socio-economic development of the Republic till 2030 is being worked out in South Ossetia. This has been said by Minister for Economic Development of South Ossetia Zalina Khugati at a press conference in Tskhinval.
According to her, the strategy will consist of several programs.
South Ossetia has all the opportunities to develop eco-tourism. This has been said at a press conference in Tskhinval by Deputy Minister of Regional Development of Russia Sergey Vereshchagin.
According to him, all over the world the most promising branch of economy is tourism.
By April 2013 will be worked out a comprehensive plan for the development of South Ossetia till 2016, according to which will be determined the socio-economic development for the next years. This has been declared at a press conference in Tskhinval by Deputy Minister of Regional Development of Russia Sergey Vereshchagin, who has arrived in the Republic on a working visit.
