Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

Leader of the Russian state Vladimir Putin thanked his South Ossetian counterpart Alan Gagloev for his support. This is stated in the message published on the official website of President of South Ossetia.

"Ambassador of the Russian Federation to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov expressed gratitude to President of the Republic Alan Gagloev on behalf of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin for the support that the head of the South Ossetian state had expressed during the events of June 24, when an attempted military mutiny was committed in Russia," the message says.

President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev has met with the head of the Russian Presidential Department for Interregional and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries Igor Maslov, who arrived in the Republic on a working visit as part of the Russian delegation, the press service of the head of state reports.

Issues of bilateral cooperation and development of the Republic were discussed, the press service noted.

A citizen of Georgia, violated the border of South Ossetia on June 21, was expelled from the Republic, the press service of the KGB of the Republic of South Ossetia reports.

The Georgian citizen Lasha Eduardovich Bakhturidze, born in 1998, a resident of Rustavi, was detained by South Ossetian border guards for violating the regime of the state border of South Ossetia," the press service said.

The delegations from the Russian Federation and Abkhazia arrived in South Ossetia on a two-day working visit.

The Russian delegation has included representatives of the Presidential Executive Office for Interregional and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, headed by Igor Maslov representatives of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development headed by Deputy Minister Dmitry Volvach, as well as the employees of the Russian Ministry of Energy.

The Abkhazian delegation is headed by Timur Agrba, head of the capital construction department of the Republic of Abkhazia.

On Thursday, Russian and Abkhazian delegations are expected to arrive in South Ossetia on a working visit. According to the press service of the head of state, the Russian delegation will include representatives of the Presidential Executive Office for Interregional and Cultural Relations, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development headed by Deputy Minister Dmitry Volvach, as well as the employees of the Russian Ministry of Energy.

The Abkhazian delegation has included representatives of the RA Capital Construction Department.

Forensic archaeologists Andrei Starovich and Yugoslav Pendich, invited by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), arrived in South Ossetia on a working visit.

The arrival of experts is carried out within the framework of the Coordination Mechanism for the search for persons missing in connection with the armed conflicts of the 1990s and 2008. Together with the authorities, experts are facilitating the study of potential burial sites.

The Cabinet of Ministers of South Ossetia has made changes to the procedure for the use of weapons and military equipment in the protection of the state border and natural resources of the Republic. According to the new document, when protecting the state border, it will be possible to use weapons against drones.

Valery Alikhanty, a member of the KGB Border Service of South Ossetia, made a corresponding report at the government meeting on Wednesday.

Plenipotentiary Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia in the Republic of Turkey Burkhan Khosity took part in the evening of the Abkhaz culture in Istanbul. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic.

The evening of the Abkhazian culture was held at the Süleyman Seba Cultural Center in Istanbul. Burkhan Khosity took part in the event at the invitation of the Abkhaz Cultural Association, the press service has noted.

The key goal of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions is to develop a document on the non-use of force, The EU co-chairman Toivo Klaar noted at the briefing in Tskhinval, having added that "at the same time, other delegations have other goals, and it is important that the discussions are constructive and productive."

On Tuesday, the capital of South Ossetia will host a meeting of the OSCE, the UN and the European Union co-chairs of the Geneva discussions with their South Ossetian colleagues, the press service of the Presidential Plenipotentiary's Office for post-conflict settlement told IA “Res”.

“As part of the visit of the delegation, at 9.45, a meeting with the South Ossetian participants of the Geneva discussions will take place. The parties will discuss the agenda of the upcoming round, after which a briefing will be held on the results of the meeting,” the press service said.