The early presidential elections in Abkhazia were held calmly and without any visible violations, - the head of the delegation, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-parliamentary Relations Zaza Driaev summed up the work of the parliamentary delegation of South Ossetia as observers.
Scientists from South Ossetia took part in the annual International School-Conference "The Caucasus in its Past and Present: History, Archeology, Culture" in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
The event was held at the V.I. Abaev North Ossetian Institute of Humanitarian and Social Research and the Kosta Khetagurov in the North Ossetian State University in Vladikavkaz.
The second round of presidential elections will be held in Abkhazia in two weeks, Dmitry Marshan, Chairman of the Central Election Commission, told journalists.
“None of the presidential candidates received the number of votes needed to be elected in the first round, so the repeat voting will be held. Candidates Badra Gunba and Adgur Ardzinba will take part in it,” he said.
The Central Election Commission of the Republic will announce preliminary results of the first round of voting on Sunday.
Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov presented the veterans – home front workers with the jubilee medal "80 Years of Victory in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War ", the press service of the diplomatic department reports.
A delegation of the Parliament of South Ossetia laid flowers at the Memorial to those perished in the 1992-1993 Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia in the Park of Glory in Sukhum, the press service of the legislative body reports.
Representatives of the Parliament are in Abkhazia for international monitoring of the early presidential elections.
A delegation of the South Ossetian Parliament has visited several polling stations in Abkhazia, where early presidential elections are taking place, the press service of the legislative body reports.
South Ossetian parliamentarians are present at the presidential elections in Abkhazia as international observers.
A memorial event dedicated to the 36th anniversary of the withdrawal of the Soviet troops from Afghanistan was held at the monument to the internationalist soldiers in Tskhinval on Saturday.
The event was attended by the leadership of the Republic, headed by President Alan Gagloev, Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, veterans of the war in Afghanistan, representatives of the Russian 4th military base, commander of the Sarmat battalion Vladimir Naniev and fighters of the Alania battalion, students of the educational institutions, and the public.
Since the previous meeting within the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM), the situation on the border of South Ossetia with Georgia has remained quite calm, the head of the South Ossetian delegation Yegor Kochiev told journalists following the meeting in the IPRM format.
The first meeting of the parties this year took place in the village of Ergnet - on the border of South Ossetia with Georgia.
The delegation of the South Ossetian Parliament, which arrived to participate in the international observation of the preparation and holding of the presidential elections in Abkhazia, has met with Speaker of the People's Assembly - the Parliament of the Republic Lasha Ashuba. This was reported by the press service of the South Ossetian Parliament.
Opening the meeting, Speaker Lasha Ashuba welcomed the guests on behalf of the Abkhaz Parliament and thanked them for coming to support the fraternal people in such a significant political event for the republic.
Issues of interaction between South Ossetia and Venezuela were discussed by the Ambassadors of the two countries to the Russian Federation Znaur Gassiev and Jesus Rafael Salazar Velasquez, the press service of the South Ossetian Embassy reports.
It was noted that Znaur Gassiev had visited the Venezuelan mission in Moscow on Friday at the invitation of his colleague.
