Archive - 2013

Statement of the Committee for State Security (KGB) of the RSO

During the last week the situation at the state border between the Republic of South Ossetia and Georgia has seriously worsened.
The Georgian authorities, misinforming the population that in some areas South Ossetia "a few hundred metres moved the border line deep into the Georgian territory," incite the residents of the settlements, bordering on South Ossetia, to provocations.

"Increasing of the number of violators of the state border between South Ossetia and Georgia is due to the lack of the information among the population of the border regions of Georgia," said the reporters Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Khokh Gagloyty after the meeting of participants of Mechanisms on Prevention and Reaction to Incidents (MPRI), held today in the Georgian village of Ergneti at the border of South Ossetia.

Activities for engineering support of the border area of South Ossetia held on the territory of the Republic do not affect the territory of Georgia. This was told reporters by Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Khokh Gagloyty before the meeting of the participants of Mechanisms on Prevention and Reaction to Incidents (MPRI) in the Georgian village of Ergneti.
"The works are being carried out in the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia, at a distance from the state border, deep into the territory of South Ossetia, so these works do not affect the territory of Georgia," - said Gagloyty.

On Friday, May 31, in the Georgian village of Ergneti, which borders on the Republic of South Ossetia, the 34th meeting will be held in the format of Mechanisms for Prevention and Reaction to Incidents (MPRI).
The South Ossetian delegation is headed by Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Khokh Gagloyty.

May 30 in Brussels has started the Belgian program "Days of the Ossetian culture in Europe." As the news agency "Res" was informed by one of the organizers of the program - the head of the International non-profit association «Renaissance Sandidzan» Radion Pukhaev, the events had begun with a round table discussion on a topic "The Bridges of Cooperation."
According to him, the roundtable is attended by artists, journalists, filmmakers, writers, actors, public figures, representatives of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania and the Republic of South Ossetia, Ossetian diaspora in Europe.

The Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in South Ossetia plans to open a summer school on the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Tskhinval. As the correspondent of IA "Res" has been informed at the ICRC office in Tskhinval, the school program is designed for four days - June 1-4.
"The opening of the school is dedicated to the International Day of the Child and is designed for schoolchildren of South Ossetia aged 12-16. February 15 it was held a writing competition, by the results of which were selected 26 schoolchildren out of 32 ones, "- explained the head of the ICRC press service Marina Tedety.
During the classes the schoolchildren will become familiar with the basic concepts of the international humanitarian law, the history of the International Committee of the Red Cross. They will learn about the ICRC activities to clarify the fate of the missing citizens of South Ossetia and other programs.

Flash poll: 21 years ago the Supreme Council of South Ossetia adopted the Act of Independence of South Ossetia. How relevant is this step in the modern history of South Ossetia?

Boris Chochiev, head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of South Ossetia:

The proclamation of the state independence of the Republic of South Ossetia, May 29, 1992 was the only right step on the way to build a sovereign state, the logical conclusion of a coherent system of basic laws and regulations, on which is based the legal viability of the position of our people.

May 29, the Republic of South Ossetia will be marking the 21st anniversary of the Act of Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia, adopted at the height of the Georgian military aggression against South Ossetia.

The statement of a head of the South Ossetian delegation in the format of MPRI Khokh Gagloyty with regard to the border incident occurred May 27, 2013

May 27, 2013 in the area of the river Ditsura to the south-eastern outskirts of Tskhinval, the engineering units of the border services of the Republic of South Ossetia were carrying out the planned work on the equipment of the border area of South Ossetia by constructing the barrier.