Despite the appeals of the international community to peoples all over the world to adhere to civilized forms of settling controversial issues, the armed conflicts remain a spirit of our time and bring humans sufferings and misery. Awareness of this poor reality was a powerful spur to create the international human rights institutions and the different humanitarian organizations.
South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received a delegation of Transdniestrian Moldavian Republic, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Natalia Nikiforova. During the meeting, Leonid Tibilov noted that South Ossetia and Transdniestria were friends for over 20 years and expressed confidence that this relationship would go on.
South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Nicaragua in South Ossetia, Luis Alberto Molina Cuadro. During the meeting they discussed issues of cooperation and implementation the agreements on cooperation and visa-free travel signed between the two countries. The meeting was also attended by the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, Murat Dzhioev and the Ambassador of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation Dmitry Medoev.
Leonid Tibilov has thanked the Ambassador of Nicaragua for his visit to the Republic, having noted that he instructed the Foreign Ministry to prepare proposals and make every effort to implement these agreements. "I am confident that we will continue our cooperation", - said the president. In turn, the Ambassador of Nicaragua expressed gratitude for his warm welcome in South Ossetia.
Since taking office by the new president of South Ossetia, the Government of the Republic has resigned. The last meeting of the current composition of the Cabinet has been held today under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Vadim Brovtsev. During the meeting, the cabinet members were briefed by the Finance Minister of South Ossetia Irina Sytnik on budgetary performance for the first quarter of 2012, approved the minutes of the Supervisory Board meeting on the special accounts expenditure and approved the investment program to promote socio-economic development of South Ossetia in 2011-2013. The last for consideration was placed the question of resignation of the Government of the Republic.
South Ossetia should apply all possible efforts for further development and prosperity of the Republic. This has been said IA "Res" by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Nicaragua in the Republic of South Ossetia, Luis Alberto Molina Cuadra, who arrived in Tskhinval in connection with today's inauguration of the president of South Ossetia.
South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov received the Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Sergey Naryshkin. The President thanked the leadership of Russia for all-round assistance and supporting of South Ossetia.
"For my part, I want to assure the leadership of the Russian Federation, we will do our best to carry on the chosen course of our nation - forever with Russia. We will make every effort so that all the agreements which are concluded between our two countries, have been implemented in the near future "- said Tibilov.
The incoming President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov has taken an oath on the Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Ossetian language.
"I swear in exercising the powers of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia to respect and protect the civil liberties, to respect and defend the Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia, to protect the sovereignty and independence, security and territorial integrity of the Republic of South Ossetia, to serve the people faithfully" - Tibilov said at the solemn inauguration ceremony.
The activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in South Ossetia and in the world will be the main theme of the events that are planned to be held in Tskhinval from April 23-30. As reported to IA "Res" by the ICRC Mission spokesperson in Tskhinval Marina Tedety, "such events as the thematic lectures about the history of the ICRC, various aspects of the .
Gymnasts of the South Ossetian Republican complex children's sports school will participate in the international children's gym festival "Alina", which will be held in Moscow on May 21. As IA "Res" has been informed by the information-analytical department of the Ministry of Education of South Ossetia, the young gymnasts and their coach Lyudmila Gabaraeva were personally invited by an organizer of the festival, a famous Russian gymnast Alina Kabaeva.
Flash-Poll: What, in your opinion is the most important event of the outgoing week?
Boris Chochiev, Plenipotentiary of the President of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement:
Naturally, it is the election of the president of the Republic of South Ossetia, which, according to the unanimous conclusion of all foreign observers, was held at high level. It is gratifying that, notwithstanding the difficulties, through which our Republic had to go through the last few months, since last November, the people of South Ossetia made a wise, right choice.