Archive - 5/2012

Comment of the press-service of the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of South Ossetia

May 15, 2012 the newspaper "View" carried a statement of the Chairman of the Committee for Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Matteo Mekachchi, which he had made in Georgia. He said that OSCE "is going to restore the mission in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict" in July. This statement has caused great surprise in Tskhinval. In South Ossetia one has heard nothing about this intention of theOSCE; we have not received any form of address, so any negotiations are not being conducted with the authorities of the Republic of South Ossetia.

The Futsal team of South Ossetia conceded victory in the first game at the European Championship, which started May 14 in the Belarusian city of Brest. Thishas been said IA "Res" by the head coach Eric Berezov.
"We met with the Russian national team. This is one of the strongest teams – it is the winner of the last year European Championship. In the first half our players were not able to fully adapt to so experienced rivals, the boys were a bit worried and the first time ended 2-0 in favor of the Russians "- said Berezov. But then, he said, the South Ossetian players had adapted to thecontender, they coped with emotions and began to play more effectively.

A wrestler from Tskhinval Inal Tasoev has become a winner of the Russian championship in wrestling among athletes 1995 - 1996 years of birth, which was held in Vladikavkaz. This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Tamerlan Kochiev.

South Ossetia and Russia will establish a consultation mechanism for direct contact on addressing the problems facing the Republic. This has been declared by the Russian President Vladimir Putin at a briefing in Sochi after the meeting with President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov.

A meeting of the parliamentary delegation of South Ossetia headed by the Acting Speaker of thelegislative body of South Ossetia Zurab Kokoev with the Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Sergey Naryshkin has been held in Moscow. During the meeting Naryshkin called for further strengthening of ties between the parliaments of both countries.

The delegation of South Ossetia headed by the President of the Republic Leonid Tibilov left for Sochi for participating in the South Ossetian-Russian summit talks.
As IA "Res" has been informed by the presidential administration of South Ossetia, the meeting will be held in Sochi on May 12 within the framework of the first working visit of the RSO President Leonid Tibilov to the Russian Federation.
It should be noted that the visit to Russia is the first foreign trip of Leonid Tibilov after becoming a president of South Ossetia.

The national team of South Ossetia went to Belarus to participate in the European indoor soccer championship. As IA "Res" has been reported by the head coach Eric Berezov, "the tournament will be attended by teams from Russia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Belarus, Catalonia, Latvia, Slovenia, Norway and South Ossetia."
He added that the South Ossetian team had included Ruslan Pukhaev, Aslan Tautiev, Yuri Bibilov, Kajakh Bestaev, Alan Khadikov, Soslan Gigolaev, Ruten Khamitsev, Arsen Tsidaev, Zaur Ikoev, Sergey Makeevich, Edward Kokoev and Soslan Dzhussoev.

The South Ossetian Company "Your aviation centre-South Ossetia" has acquired the first aircraft to be used for fire safety and rescue operations. As IA "Res" has been informed by the company CEO Georgy Valiev, "we got three-seater-rotary-wing aircraft ''Gyroplane Hunter-3''. It has already been delivered to the Republic. The device will be used to monitor the area for early detection of forest fires, tracking the population of wild animals, and in emergency cases it will be used in rescue operations". He said the company was planning to acquire two more aircrafts.

South Ossetian fighter Sarmat Tadtaev will participate in the upcoming championship of Russia among the athletes born in 1994-1995. This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Uruzmag Tadtaev.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received the co-chairmen of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia, who arrived in the Republic on an official visit.