Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law "On ratification of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia on the order of pension provision for military personnel and their families".
The issue of prisoners, jailed in Georgia and South Ossetia was discussed at the meeting of the participants of Mechanisms for preventing and responding to incidents (MPRI).
According to the Deputy Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy of the RSO for post-conflict settlement Khokh Gagloyty, the South Ossetian party claimed at the meeting that was expecting the release of the citizens of South Ossetia jailed in Georgia.
"We ыфшв that we expected the unconditional release of our hostages, kept in the prisons of Georgia - said Gagloyty. – They are, first of all, Kochiev, Valiev and Zaseev. We have noted that we consider them the hostages of power structures of Georgia. The reluctance of the Georgian leadership to solve the issue of releasing these citizens is the reluctance to turn the page, the legacy of which is the imprisonment of these three persons in Georgia. And this fact is not conducive, to put it mildly, to the objective dialogue between South Ossetia and Georgia for some situational issues. "
Gagloyty has noted that during the meeting the South Ossetian participants provided the information about the citizens of Georgia, imprisoned in South Ossetia.
"At the previous meeting the Georgian participants asked to provide them the information about the citizens of Georgia, jailed in South Ossetia - said Gagloyty. - We have provided the materials along with the medical reports on the state of health of the citizens. At one time, when the Georgian representatives were asked to give medical opinions on the state of health of the South Ossetian citizens imprisoned in Georgia, they referred to the fact that they could not provide these materials without the consent of the prisoners that sounded somewhat unclear. I asked them how could be fixed the consent of the prisoners to the issuance of a medical report on the state of their health, but the Georgian side could not answer my question".
In the course of the meeting were also discussed issues of security on the border between South Ossetia and Georgia. The situation in this regard, according to Gagloyty, was found to be satisfactory.
As part of the completion of mission, according to international protocol, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South Ossetia to Russia Dmitry Medoev paid a farewell visit to colleagues - ambassadors of Abkhazia Igor Ahba and the Republic of Venezuela, Juan Vicente Torrealba.
As reported to IA "Res" by the press service of the embassy, during the visit Dmitry Medoev thanked his colleagues for the constructive cooperation and warm, friendly relations established during the joint service in Moscow.
"I am confident that the relations of friendship and spirit of cooperation between our Missions, established during our service, will continue," - said the ambassador.
Dmitry Medoev also assured his colleagues that "he is still open to dialogue in and is always ready to further cooperation for the benefit of our countries and peoples."
On the same day Medoev visited the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry, where he was received by the rector of the institution, Professor Evgeny Bazhanov. They exchanged views on the status and future prospects of training of qualified personnel for South Ossetia.
Dmitry Medoev has noted the farewell nature of the visit and thanked the administration and the entire faculty of the reputable institution of higher education of the Russian Foreign Ministry for attention to the students from South Ossetia.
South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov met with Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government, the Сhairman of the Russian part of the Intergovernmental Commission on soсio-economic cooperation between the two countries Alexander Khloponin. Russian official has arrived in the Republic to participate in the 13th session of the IGC, which will be held today in Tskhinval.
The Treaty of alliance and integration opens up new opportunities for Russian-Ossetian cooperation in all areas, said at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on socio-economic cooperation between South Ossetia and the Russian Federation, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Khloponin.
According to him, it will be carried out a lot of work on the implementation of the Treaty, by the end of the year it should be completed.
In Tskhinval is under way the 13 meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on socio-economic cooperation between Russia and South Ossetia, co-chaired by the Prime Minister of South Ossetia Domenti Kulumbegov and Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Khloponin with the participation of representatives of ministries and agencies of the two countries.
"Each session of the IGC is important and significant in the development of South Ossetia and for the further development of bilateral cooperation," - said the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov.
March 24, in Tskhinval will be held a regular meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) on socio-economic cooperation between South Ossetia and Russia. The meeting will be co-chaired by the Prime Minister of the Republic Domenti Kulumbegov and Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin.
The Treaty of alliance and integration between South Ossetia and Russia reflects all the opinions and suggestions received during the work on the document by the Political Council under the President of the Republic and the Russian-Ossetian working group,said today at a press conference in Tskhinval the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov.
"I would like to thank certain citizens, public and political associations, all our people for active participation in drafting the Treaty and supporting of the idea of its signing," - said the head of state.
Leonid Tibilov has noted that the draft Treaty, practically unchanged, was approved by the executive bodies of the two countries and was signed on March 18 in Moscow.
"The agreement meets the interests of South Ossetia and Russia," - said the president.
Referring the theme of accession of South Ossetia to Russia, the President has noted that this issue is not yet on the agenda in the relations between the two countries, but did not eliminate such a possibility in the future.
"It is very symbolic that the meeting, in the course of which the presidents of South Ossetia and Russia signed the Treaty of alliance and integration was held March 18 - the day when a year ago was signed a treaty of accession of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia. Maybe for South Ossetia will come the day, "- said the president.
The idea of accession of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation is close to all the Ossetian people and some politicians and political parties should not use it to extract political dividends.
"For the time being we will be working within the framework of the existing agreements", - said Leonid Tibilov.
He has also stressed that foreign policy is the prerogative of the President and one should not invade this area.
"If anyone has any opinion or suggestions, I will, certainly, listen to both young people and the older generation," - said the head of state.
Despite the economic difficulties, Russia is not going to reduce the size of financial assistance to South Ossetia for implementation of the investment program to promote socio-economic development in 2015-2017 and support its public sector, said the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov at a meeting with reporters.
The report of the South Ossetia delegation on the results of the 31st round of international discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia
March 17-18, 2015 in Geneva was held the 31st round of international discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia. It was attended by the delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia, the Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, the Russian Federation, the United States, as well as the EU, UN and OSCE representatives. South Ossetian delegation was headed by Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.