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Voter turnout in the presidential elections in South Ossetia at 14.00 is 52, 79 percent, reported the Сhairman of the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia Bella Plieva in the press center of the South Ossetian Election Committee.
"The percentage of voters in Tskhinval by 14.00 is 49, 20 percent, in Tskhinval district - 55, 6 %, in Dzau district - 56, 59 %, in Kvaisa - 67,14% , in Znaur district - 59, 98, %, in Leningor district - 62, 21%," said Plieva.
According to her, based on the data at 14.00 one can say that the election in the Republic was successful.

Voter turnout in the presidential elections and the referendum in the Republic at 12.00 is 33.487 percent, reported the Сhairman of the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia Bella Plieva in the press center of the South Ossetian Election Committee.
"The percentage of voters in Tskhinval by 12.00 is 31, 233 percent, in Tskhinval district - 35, 294 % , in Dzau district - 14, 236 %, in Kvaisa - 44, 972% , in Znaur district - 33, 475 %, in Leningor district - 44, 957 %," said Plieva.
Plieva has also pointed out the activity of voters in the territory of North Ossetia.

In Tskhinval was held a meeting of the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia with the members of the South Ossetian delegation represented in this format.

On the border of South Ossetia with Georgia - in the village of Ergneti is under way a meeting in the framework of the Mechanisms for preventing and responding to incidents. The meeting is also attended by the OSCE Chairman, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria Sebastian Kurz.

"It gives me great pleasure to be here - Kurtz said, addressing the participants of the meeting. - Austria has taken the OSCE chairmanship on 1 January, and I want to thank you for the opportunity to meet with you here in Ergneti. "

According to Kurtz, the OSCE this year puts three priorities in its activities.

"First - we would like to struggle with radicalization and violent extremism, the second - we'd like to help restore confidence between the states - participants of the OSCE, and the third - we would like to contribute something to defuse the existing conflicts", - said Kurtz.

He has noted he would like to return to the focus of attention people's problems, provide assistance to the local population that is most affected by conflict.

Then the meeting continued behind closed doors

Issues related to conducting medico-social examination were discussed at the meeting of academician of RAMS, Professor, doctor of Medicine, head of the Department of geriatrics and the medico-social examination "Russian medical Academy of postgraduate education" of the Health Ministry of the Russian Federation Sergei Puzin with the head of the Ministry of Health of South Ossetia Gregory Kulidzhanov, State Advisor to the President of the Republic Rodion Siukaev and employees of medical system of the RSO.
The representatives of the South Ossetian party told the Russian academician about the issues arising in the course of medico-social expertise.
"We need to think about what to do if there is any disagreement in matters of medico- social expertise, so we will discuss the ways and think about a certain standard," - said Puzin.
Rodion Siukaev, in turn, pointed to the clause of the Treaty of Alliance and Integration between South Ossetia and Russia, according to which Russian citizens residing in the Republic may undergo examination on the spot.
"Those citizens, who for health reasons cannot undergo examination on the territory of Russia, can undergo it here, and the documents will be accepted by a party, which pays this pension," - said Siukaev.
Puzin, for his part, said that the basic document is ready and it need to be developed legally, the relevant documents should be prepared. - We will help you in this work in every way."
Puzin has also stressed that the leading doctors of the South Ossetian central district hospitals may be trained in Russia.
"You can contact us with the corresponding letter in order to train their primary specialization, after which they will become doctors-experts" - said Puzin.
During the meeting, the doctors asked Puzin their questions.

Since the last meeting conducted in the framework of the mechanisms for preventing and responding to incidents (IPRM), for violation of the state border between South Ossetia and Georgia were detained six people, - told reporters the head of the South Ossetian delegation David Sanakoev after the meeting, held within the framework of the IPRM in the village of Ergneti.

"For the current period, for violating the state border were detained six citizens of Georgia, four of whom were deported to the territory of the neighboring state after the relevant procedures, - Sanakoev said. - Two other citizens will also be handed over to the Georgian authorities in the near future. "

According to Sanakoev, at the last meeting were discussed issues related to the damage of the information signs at the state border by burning of grass on the Georgian side.

"We discussed the need for the relevant works on the borderline, fire-prevention measures, - Sanakoev said."

Sanakoev has added that in the course of the meeting were also raised the issues related to the delimitation and demarcation of the state border.

"It was discussed how knowing of the border line will facilitate the life of the residents of the border areas, - said the head of the South Ossetian delegation. - We, for our part, will continue to equip the border unilaterally, until the Georgian side is ready to work together on this issue. "

Security issues on the border between South Ossetia and Georgia were discussed at the 70th meeting in the framework of the mechanisms for preventing and responding to incidents (IPRM), which took place in the village of Ergneti, - told reporters after the meeting the head of the South Ossetian delegation, State Adviser to the President of the Republic of South Ossetia David Sanakoev.

"The situation at the border remains stable, despite the fact that there had been certain violations," said Sanakoev. Over the past period, for illegal crossing of the state border were detained eight citizens of Georgia, two of them still remaining in the Republic and the rest after the relevant procedures were expelled to the territory of Georgia."

According to Sanakoev, the meeting also raised the issue of crossing of the state border between the two countries by law enforcement agencies of Georgia.

"We have firmly condemned these actions and called for Georgian participants to ensure that such actions will no longer be repeated - said Sanakoyev. - We have also identified the need for delimitation and demarcation of the state border in order to avoid the problems, first of all, faced by citizens living on the border line. "

Sanakoev has added that in the course of the meeting the Georgian side raised issues of detainees who are under investigation in the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia.

"We have noted that these Georgian citizens are kept in the same conditions as the rest of the detainees ", - Sanakoev said.

The head of the South Ossetian delegation has also noted that during the 70th anniversary meeting of its members, it was noted that the IPRM format is important, as it helps to address the issues that arise for citizens living in the border areas.

The delegation of South Ossetia headed by the first Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office of the Republic Konstantin Pukhaev took part in the celebrations held in Stepanakert on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of proclamation of the independence of Nagorno Karabakh.

As reported to the news agency "Res" by Konstantin Pukhaev, the delegation from South Ossetia consisted of the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of the RSO for Foreign Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations Igor Kochiev and the Chairman of the South Ossetian Commercial Bank Vasily Shaadyan.

"President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan has invited the President of our Republic Leonid Tibilov to participate in the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of independence of Nagorno Karabakh and the head of state has formed the delegation ", - said Pukhaev.

According to him, the South Ossetian delegation in Nagorno-Karabakh was met with great cordiality.

"On arrival, we visited several companies, met with labor collectives, - said Pukhaev. - Everywhere we were met with great joy when they learned that we were from South Ossetia, people hurried to shake hands with us. "

Pukhaev has noted that the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh - Stepanakert is cozy, clean city with modern buildings, where the consequences of the war are virtually invisible.

"We had close contacts with the locals, they enjoyed our visit and were interested in how we live in the recognized state, - Pukhaev said. - We also went to Shushi - an ancient city with a huge number of monuments of architecture and culture. We visited the museum and the history of money circulation in Armenia. "

At the reception organized by the President of Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetian members of the delegation met with the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.

"We welcomed Serzh Sargsyan, congratulated him on the holiday - Pukhaev said. - As I learned later, our minute dialogue caused some discontent in neighboring Georgia. This of course, will not stop us to get closer, to strengthen contacts with our colleagues from Karabakh. "

According to Pukhaev, at the reception he has noted that 32 Ossetians took part in the national liberation struggle of Artsakh, 7 of them were killed there; two of them were awarded the title of Hero of Artsakh posthumously.

"We have also met with the President of Nagorno-Karabakh, who said very warm words about our Republic, we were talking in a very relaxed, warm and friendly atmosphere, he conveyed best wishes to the people and the President of our country, - said Konstantin Pukaev. - Bako Sahakyan expressed his willingness to strengthen our relations, to find some mutually beneficial, mutually acceptable opportunities for cooperation. "

Pukhaev noted that the people of Nagorno-Karabakh are freedom-loving and very hardworking.

"Despite the economic difficulties, people are determined to achieve recognition of their statehood", - said Pukhaev.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov hosted the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Nicaragua in the Republic of South Ossetia Juan Ernesto Vasquez.
Tibilov welcomed the Ambassador and congratulated him, the people and the leadership of Nicaragua on the upcoming national holiday - the day of the Sandinista revolution.
"We are grateful to your country for the recognition of our Republic and the ties between us should be strengthened. The task of today's leadership is to fill with new content the agreements signed between our countries, to seek for the ways of rapprochement of our countries and our peoples. "
Tibilov reminded the Ambassador about the visit of the South Ossetian State Group "Simd" to Nicaragua in 2013.
"I remember when our state dance group traveled to Nicaragua, and how your people warmly welcomed our artists, - the President said. That was a major step in matters of rapprochement of our peoples. This, of course, can be considered as a certain breakthrough in the field of culture, with regard to other areas we must also find common points of contact".
Juan Ernesto Vasquez, in turn, conveyed the greetings to Leonid Tibilov from the Nicaraguan leadership, inviting him to visit the Latin American Republic after the upcoming presidential elections in September.
"Nicaragua will always support South Ossetia, - the Ambassador said. - You can rely on the full solidarity and support of our government and the people. I am honored to be here. This is my fourth visiting your country, and each time I see the development of South Ossetia. There is still a lot to be done, but I see that you are on the right path that will lead to the welfare of your people. "

Matters related to placing information marks and engineering structures at the state border between South Ossetia and Georgia were discussed at today's meeting, held in the village of Ergneti in the framework of the Mechanisms for preventing and responding to incidents (IPRM), - told reporters after the meeting the head of the South Ossetian delegation Davit Sanakoev.
"Today we again said that the work to set up information signs and engineering structures on the border is carried out unilaterally - Sanakoev said. - But we hope to find an understanding on this issue with representatives of the Georgian authorities and will be set up the Georgian-Ossetian joint commission in order to carry out delimitation and demarcation of the state border. This question will remove many problems faced by the people living on both sides of the state border."
Sanakoev has noted that the South Ossetian side now has to replace information signs on the state border.
"In some places we replace the information signs, because the citizens of Georgia spoil them, sometimes they shoot or try to erase the inscription, splash them with paint, and we have to replace them," - said the head of the South Ossetian delegation.
He has also said that since the previous meeting for violation of the state border 37 people were detained, 25 of whom were citizens of Georgia.
"The issue of violation of the state border was one of the main on the agenda of today's meeting, - Sanakoev said. - The question was connected not only with the illegal crossing of the state border by citizens living in border areas, but also presumably with the power structures of Georgia and the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia. At the same time, each party said that the situation at the border must remain calm, and will be taken the necessary actions to prevent its aggravation."
The next IPRM meeting will be held July 19th.