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May 16th Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev received an independent international expert on criminal investigations Dusan Ignyatovich engaged by invitation of the OSCE in investigating cases of persons to be listed as missing as a result of the Georgian aggression against the Republic of South Ossetia in 2008.
According to the press service of the Office of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Republic of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement, "Murat Dzhioev has noted the great work carried out by Mr Dusan Ignyatovich to clarify the fate of the missing persons and expressed hope that this work will be continued. It was noted that the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report submitted by Mr. Ignyatovich on the results of his investigation, once again convincingly support the conclusion of the independent experts of the Council of Europe, engaged in the 2009-2010 investigation cases of missing persons, on the responsibility of the Georgian police authorities for the disappearance of the residents of South Ossetia ".
The meeting, during which was expressed the willingness to continue humanitarian and humane working to clarify the fate of missing persons, was also attended by the Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights of South Ossetia Inal Tasoev.
On the same day, Mr. Dusan Ignyatovich met with relatives of the missing, representatives of the General Prosecutor's Office of South Ossetia, and also had a conversation with the ICRC office in the Republic of South Ossetia.

April 26, 2016 Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev received the Head of Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Republic of South Ossetia Nalyan Antman.

According to the press service of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, "during the meeting were discussed issues of search and clarify the fate of persons to be listed as missing as a result of the 1991 - 1992 and 2008 Georgian aggression. Participants of the meeting have noted the effectiveness of the tripartite coordination of Mechanism under the auspices of the ICRC, as part of the work of which has been recently clarified the fate of one of the defenders of South Ossetia, to be listed as missing since August 2008, and expressed the need to further enhancing of its activity. "

.In the course of the meeting were also discussed humanitarian issues, including the humanitarian situation in the areas adjacent to the state border between the Republic of South Ossetia and Georgia.

"On the part of South Ossetia, the meeting was also attended by the State Advisor to the President David Sanakoev and the Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights Inal Tasoev representing South Ossetia in the tripartite coordination mechanism for the search for missing persons".

During the forthcoming referendum on amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia to be held in July 2016, it will be proposed Article 10 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia, according to which: "The Republic of South Ossetia has the right to enter into an alliance with other states and to transfer to the bodies of the Union part of its powers ", supplemented by the following paragraph:

"Based on the results of the popular vote (referendum) on January 19,1992, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia with the consent of the Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia has the right to appeal to the leadership of the Russian Federation with the offer on acceptance of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation as a new region of the Russian Federation and to conclude with the Russian Federation the relevant Treaty "

This initiative, as it is known, was proposed by the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov. We asked the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev to comment on this situation:

The initiative of the South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov to hold a referendum on introducing amendments to the current Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia, which legally allows to apply to the Russian Federation on the acceptance of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation, is completely clear and justified.

The desire to reunite with Russia, the Russian people is a long-standing dream and strategy of the political orientation of the people of South Ossetia, at least since 1917, when by the revolution will and subsequent events, South Ossetia found itself out of the Russian space . All these years preceding the present initiative, have shown that only with Russia can be guaranteed a quiet present and future of our people.

President Leonid Tibilov has repeatedly stressed his and the South Ossetian leadership's commitment to becoming a part of Russia. The idea of ​​a referendum, he announced in February, in his Message to the Parliament and the people of South Ossetia.

I believe that it is in this formulation, the issue of a referendum is legally and politically correct and has the prospect of implementation.

Such an important step, as the acceptance of one state to another one should be legally justified and supported by political and international environment.

The referendum to be held on the scheme proposed by the President enables the legal justification, it will be enshrined in the Constitution (now Article 10 of the Constitution does not provide for the entry of South Ossetia into another state), and also gives powers to the President and the Parliament in due time on behalf of the people to appeal to the Russian leadership . This referendum and the Constitution will give the right and duty to the President and the Parliament to speak on behalf of all the people, because they are elected by the people and have appropriate authority (and this will not be a personal whim of one person, as it is now want to present a few).

Speaking about accepting South Ossetia to the Russian Federation, we should not ignore the international environment, the momentary desire should not put the RSO or Russia in an awkward position with the international legal point of view. And in order to be at the right time in the right place you have to be prepared in advance. Such preparedness can be provided by the referendum .

Leonid Tibilov has stressed that the Investment Agency was created by the interaction of the government and our Russian partners. Today, according to the president, the agency has been supporting the real sector projects in the country,

"The projects that are presented and those that are now under discussion, should contribute to the further development of our Republic. Of course, we place great hopes and are interested in the development of the real economy. Here, we need to make serious progress. Our country continues to recover and in parallel has to reach a new stage of development. We must move forward, to create jobs, "- said the president.

Mikhail Melnikov said that the Investment Agency was working on a program signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to provide aid for the development of South Ossetia.

"I see that there is a very active life in the Republic. We had a very interesting meeting with entrepreneurs who presented their projects in the program, signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the development .of South Ossetia ", - he stressed.

According to Mikhail Melnikov, the program was planned for three years: 2015, 2016 and 2017.

"We have already selected the first projects, structured them in importance. In total, we plan to implement five of them ", - he added.

During the conversation, Mikhail Melnikov told about the prospects and plans for the implementation of one of the proposed projects.

"This is production of basalt. In this project, there is a novelty that does not exist today and in Russia itself. All the products will be in demand practically in the Russian Federation. Total employment in this project will be about 50-60 people. This and attract young professionals who want to study science, it and the production of raw materials, which can be used in engineering and other industries, "- he said.

Leonid Tibilov detail listened to suggestions and expressed wishes to continue to work actively on the implementation of all projects.

"I see the full cooperation of our and your colleagues. Let's wait for the results that are .necessary for our Republic", - concluded the president.

The meeting was attended by Minister of Economy of the RSO, William Dzagoev.

April 11, 2016 on the invitation of the People's Artist of Russia, artistic director and General Director of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev, President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov attended a concert of the combined orchestra of the Munich Philharmonic and the Mariinsky Theatre, held at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
According to the press service of the Embassy of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation, the concert was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as members of the government and heads of the Russian Federation regions.
After the concert Leonid Tibilov and Valery Gergiev discussed a number of issues, including the cooperation in the field of culture, the support of young talents in the Republic of South Ossetia and conducting of the Days of Ossetia in June 2016 in St. Petersburg with the participation of the Mariinsky Theatre".
The President was accompanied by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation Znaur Gassiev.

April 7, 2016 Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev received the head of the Protection Department of the Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Republic of South Ossetia Ikumi Okivari, who has completed her work in this office.

Mrs. Ikumi Okivari introduced her successor in the office Mr Raphael Jost.

Murat Dzhioev expressed gratitude to Mrs. Ikumi Okivari for cooperation, emphasized the joint with the ICRC's efforts to search for missing persons and stressed the need to strengthen joint efforts in this direction. He wished Mr. Rafael Jost success in his future humanitarian activities. They also discussed other humanitarian issues.

April 6 took place a telephone conversation between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Kazbulat Tskhovrebov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Karen Mirzoyan. .

During the conversation Kazbulat Tskhovrebov expressed serious concern about the events in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Minister has assured his colleague that South Ossetia is closely monitoring the situation, and expressed his support to the people of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. The ministers have also noted the need to show responsibility and restraint in order to avoid slipping the situation to an uncontrollable escalation of the conflict that could destabilize the entire region.

Tskhovrebov expressed deep condolences to the families of the victims and asked to convey wishes for a speedy recovery to the injured in the recent events.

For his part, Karen Mirzoyan expressed his gratitude for the words of support and noted that the leadership of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic was making every effort to find a peaceful solution to the situation.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has met with the head of Department of the President of the Russian Federation for socio- economic cooperation with the CIS member states, the Republic of South Ossetia and Abkhazia Oleg Govorun, who has arrived in the Republic on a working visit,

During the meeting were discussed the results of the recent visit of the President of South Ossetia, to Russia, as well as the issues of implementation of the Investment Program for socio-economic development, as well as the pace of construction and reconstruction works of the facilities that are already underway.

"During my meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin we discussed a wide range of issues Today we continue to work towards further restoration and development of our Republic. I am sure that this year, like the previous ones, will be successful ", - said the President.

Oleg Govorun, discussing the results of the summit, he has stressed, that the Russian President has already given specific and clear instructions.

"We have already been given specific and clear instructions following the results of your meeting. All of them are already in development, and the work on them will be carried out jointly with the Russian government. I am sure that soon we will get positive results, "- said Oleg Govorun.

The Russian politician has also touched upon the issues of implementation of the investment program for this year, noting that the funding of facilities has already begun.

"The pace of construction of the facilities is great and I hope that this year will be as successful as the previous ones. - said Oleg Govorun.

The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister of South Ossetia Domenti Kulumbegov and Deputy Head of the Department of the President of the Russian Federation for socio economic cooperation with the CIS member states, the RSO and RA Denis Travin.

March 31, 2016 in Moscow will meet President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In the Central Exhibition Hall "Manege" in Moscow was signed a cooperation agreement between the National Museum of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Museum Association "Moscow City Museum", reports the website of the Embassy of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation.

The agreement was signed by General Director of the National Museum of South Ossetia Merab Zasseev and Ceneral Director of the Association "Moscow Exhibition Halls" and "Moscow Center for Museum Development" Alina Saprykina.

The agreement allows the parties to develop mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of museology and museum activity, promotes popularization of the historical and cultural potential of the peoples of the two countries.

Under the signed Agreement, the parties will promote cooperation in various fields, in particular, organizing and conducting joint activities, exhibitions, festivals, presentations and other special events.

The agreement to sign the treaty with one of the largest museums in the Russian Federation was reached February 10, 2016 during the meeting of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation Znaur Gassiev and General Director of the Museum of Moscow Alina Saprykina .

This initiative will serve as the beginning of a fruitful cooperation, will contribute to strengthening of friendly relations between peoples of the two countries in the light of the agreement "On Alliance and Integration, signed last year."