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During a working visit to the Republic of Turkey, Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev met with the family and friends of the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia in Turkey, Remzi Kanukati, who had died in December 2020 in Istanbul. This was reported by the press service of the Republic's Foreign Ministry.

Dmitry Medoev conveyed to the family of the deceased the words of condolences from the leadership of the Republic of South Ossetia and the staff of the Ministry.

A 47-year-old resident of Tbilisi was detained by officers of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia at the stationary traffic police post in the village of Vanel, Dzau District.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the man was on foot and did not have any documents with him. He explained that he had illegally crossed the border near the village of Ergneti. The citizen of Georgia was handed over to the Border Guard Service of the KGB of the Republic of South Ossetia.

South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev arrived in Istanbul on November 30 on the invitation of the leadership of the Ossetian community of Turkey, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reported.

During the visit, a number of meetings are planned, including with the leadership and activists of the Ossetian community in Turkey.

The meeting will touch upon the issues of cultural and humanitarian cooperation. The visit will last until December 3.

The Agreement between South Ossetia and the Russian Federation on the settlement of issues of dual citizenship will enter into force on the date of the exchange of instruments of ratification, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO reported.

"The Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia has ratified the Agreement between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation on the settlement of the issues of dual citizenship, introduced by President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov," the Foreign Ministry said.

Another explosive find was found in the western part of the capital of South Ossetia, said Garik Kharebov, head of the explosive ordnance department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of South Ossetia.

President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov and Chairman of the Gazprom Management Board Alexei Miller met in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, the press service of the head of state reported.

"The meeting discussed the progress and prospects of cooperation. In particular, they discussed the implementation of the Agreement" On the terms of purchase and sale of shares and further activities of Gazprom open joint stock company - South Ossetia and the gasification of settlements of the Republic «, - the press service informs.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed the hope that the current regime in Kiev will not follow the path of the ex-President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili "of the 2008 model."

"I hope that even the current Kiev regime will not follow the path of Mikhail Saakashvili of the 2008 model," the head of the diplomatic department said at the press conference on Tuesday.

Another group of South Ossetian residents who had been seriously ill with COVID-19 returned after undergoing a rehabilitation course in one of the Russian sanitariums in Pyatigorsk.

The program for undergoing rehabilitation by residents of South Ossetia who have recovered from coronavirus infection is being implemented by the Health Ministry of the republic on behalf of President Anatoly Bibilov.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that countries be prepared to strengthen social and sanitary measures amid the emergence of the omicron coronavirus strain.

“Taking into account the risk assessment, epidemiological situation, response capacities, vaccination rates ... as well as the uncertainty associated with the rapidly evolving omicron strain, countries should be prepared to strengthen social and health measures in a timely manner to avoid excessive demand for medical services, " the organization's report says.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov met with the head of the Traumatology Department of the Clinical Hospital of the Republic of Dagestan Ratmir Abdusalamov, who had arrived with his team in Tskhinval for high-tech hip replacement surgery, the press service of the head of state reported.

The meeting was also attended by the Minister of Health and Social Development of the RSO Soslan Naniev.

The Head of State thanked Ratmir Abdusalamov and in his person all the invited specialists from the Republic of Dagestan for the work done.