Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

South Ossetia intends to establish unhindered trade with the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) next year. This was announced on Tuesday by the Chairman of the Government of South Ossetia Gennady Bekoev at the working meeting "Prospects for deepening the economic integration of Russia and Donbass."

"South Ossetia in 2022 will do everything possible to develop mutually beneficial cooperation and create conditions for unhindered trade. We have great potential for mutual promotion of business entities, as well as the creation of joint ventures," the Donetsk news agency quotes him.

Russians vaccinated with foreign vaccines against coronavirus will be able to receive a vaccination certificate for six months after the antibody test. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova announced this on Monday.

"Our citizens vaccinated with foreign vaccines can also take an antibody test and also receive a certificate valid for six months," she said while considering a bill on QR codes at the meeting of the United Russia faction in the State Duma.

A group of Russian compatriots from South Ossetia arrived in the Republic of Belarus to participate in the international youth forum. The Forum of Russian Compatriots Living Abroad, "New Realities - New Opportunities", is being held in the Republic of Belarus from December 10 to 16.

Russian compatriots from South Ossetia are represented by four people.

The Forum, which will be held in two cities: Minsk and Gomel, gathered about a hundred participants from Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Abkhazia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Tajikistan.

Participants in the Geneva Discussions on Security in Transcaucasia, exchanged views on a number of other humanitarian issues. As IA "Res" has been informed in the press service of the office of the South Ossetian Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement, priority attention was paid to the fate of the missing citizens of South Ossetia.

“In addition, attention was once again drawn to the continuing violation by Georgia of the rights of the Tyrsygom Ossetians, who have been unable to gain access to their ancestral villages over the past few years,” the press service said.

The intergovernmental meeting on the implementation of the Cooperation Agreement between the Donetsk People's Republic and the Republic of South Ossetia in the field of trade, economy, culture, sports and tourism was held in the videoconference mode, in which members of the governments and chambers of commerce and industry of the two republics took part, the press service of the government reported.

During the meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Abkhazia to the Republic Alan Elbakiev noted the importance of the work being done to coordinate efforts in the interests of strengthening regional stability and security, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia reported.

The South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia once again noted the need to develop a legally binding document designed to guarantee the security of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Georgia's non-use of force or threat of force, the press service of the office of the Republic’s Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement told the “Res” news agency.

The issue of the illegal Georgian post in the village of Uista in Znaur District of South Ossetia was discussed during the 55th round of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia, the press service of the office of the Republic’s Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement told the “Res” news agency.

“It was emphasized the extremely negative impact on the state of affairs of the fortified post illegally set up by the Georgian side near the Ossetian border village of Uista,” the press service said.

The participants in the two-day 55th round of the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia again failed to come to concrete results. The parties only spoke in favor of continuing joint efforts to find the ways to strengthen stability and security in the South Caucasus, and agreed to hold the next round on March 29-30, 2022.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov met with Foreign Minister of the Republic Dmitry Medoev. According to the press service of the Foreign Ministry, during the meeting, Dmitry Medoev told the head of state about the results of his working visit to Italy and Turkey, the press service of the President said on Wednesday.