Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

Answers of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev to media questions

On April 6, the US state Department published a post on its page with the cynical title "Iran's sanctions relief scam". How would you comment on this?

- By the way, in the same statement, there is Tehran’s fair call to ease sanctions, because of the coronavirus pandemic is called a “cunning campaign”, and the Iranian people are called “the long-suffering victim of the Iranian regime.” What can I say, Washington is in its role ...

There are no cases of coronavirus in South Ossetia on the morning of April 7.

According to the Committee of the South Ossetian Committee for Supervision of Consumer Protection. 489 people are currently on self-isolation.

“Under the supervision of doctors in medical institutions there are six people. One of them is in Znaur district, and five in the infectious diseases ward of the Republican Medical Center,” said the Committee Chairman Marina Kochieva to IA “Res”.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia sent to the missions of foreign states and international organizations accredited in the Republic notification of the termination of the crossing of the state border of the Republic through the multilateral checkpoint "Ruck" from 8 p.m. on April 5, 2020 to 23 p.m. on April 12, 2020 reports the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic.

From April 12, border crossing will be carried out in a special order

The government of South Ossetia on Saturday adopted a decree "On ensuring the sanitary and epidemiological safety of South Ossetia", which defines additional measures to counteract the importation and spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19 on the territory of the Republic, the presidential press service reports.

The government meeting was chaired by President Anatoly Bibilov.

The situation in Georgia in connection with the coronavirus pandemic continues to excite the sick imagination of Georgian politicians, according to a comment by the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev in connection with the ongoing political speculation of representatives of the Georgian authorities around the topic of COVID-19.

The famous Ossetian singer Elena Gassieva, who lives in France in Nice, told the Res agency about life in isolation and the spread of the coronavirus.

In connection with the temporary restrictive measures introduced in Russia, including, but not limited to, the procedure for crossing the state border of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia considers it expedient to provide assistance to residents of the Republic who are entitled to obtain RSO citizenship in a simplified manner, and the possibility of returning to RSO to places permanent residence on the basis of a certificate of return to the Republic, drawn up in the prescribed manner.

South Ossetian citizen Joe Mestas, who lives in the USA, told IA "Res" about the life in the state of Florida in isolation and the spread of coronavirus:

Сhairman of the international Renaissance association, a member of the pan-European coordinating council of Russian compatriots, Radion Pukhaev, told the Res news agency how Europeans live in the conditions of the spread of coronavirus in the province of Nord Brabant (Holland) and what measures are taken to reduce cases of the disease:

South Ossetia intends to bring the historical truth about the Ossetian genocide as widely as possible to the international community, President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov said on Wednesday, delivering a message to the people and parliament.

The republic, according to the head of state, will involve Ossetian diasporas in this work, cooperation with which has reached a new level in recent years.