Archive - 1/4/2016

In the course of the meeting with the Chairman of "Gazprom" Alexey Miller were discussed the issues of Russian natural gas supplies to the Republic, said the president of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov during the live broadcast on Russia 24 channel.

"The meeting was held in a warm, friendly atmosphere with the plans for future cooperation, we have achieved understanding, - said the President. - In 2009, was gasified the capital of the Republic and several nearby villages, but now we will work on further gasification of the districts of the Republic of South Ossetia ".

Leonid Tibilov thanked the leadership of "Gazprom" for their understanding and support.

"The issue of gasification of the districts of the Republic was also raised by me during the meeting with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin," - said Tibilov.

The financial support, provided by Russia, is totally spent on restoration and development of the Republic, said the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov during the live broadcast on the channel Russia 24.

Tibilov has noted that the priority areas are the construction of infrastructure and economic development.

"Out of 3.6 billion rubles, provided for construction and restoration of the Republic in 2017 within the framework of the Investment program, is being spent the bulk of an amount - Tibilov said. - In the current and next year we will build more than 300 apartments for citizens, as well as for persons, whose homes were destroyed as a result of the August war, unleashed by Georgia, against South Ossetia. "

Tibilov has stressed that great attention is paid to the construction of roads.

"For construction and renovation of roads in the capital and in the remote areas of the Republic are allocated vast sums of money - this also concerns the roads to the villages that have not been renovated for over 30 years, - added the head of state. - In 2016 we will improve 11 central streets of the capital. This year will also be completed the construction of the road-Sinagur Karzman ".

Construction of roads to the mountainous villages will contribute to their development, said Tibilov.

According to the commentary of Deputy Secretary of Russian Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev to the updated National Security Strategy, approved by the President of Russia, one of the main directions of the foreign policy of Moscow is to strengthening cooperation with the CIS, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

The document says that the new version of the Strategy specified the objectives of co-operation of the Russian Federation with partners in the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Eurasian Economic Union.

One of the key directions of the foreign policy in accordance with the document is the development of relations of bilateral and multilateral cooperation with States-participants of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia.

According to Nurgaliyev, Russia will continue the integration processes in the space of states - participants of the CIS in the framework of the Commonwealth, the Eurasian Economic Union, the Union State of Russia and Belarus.

"Undoubtedly, the interaction with these countries on various aspects of regional and international security has stabilized the situation in the countries and regions bordering on them," - said Nurgaliyev.

Stable development of South Ossetia for the past few years is due to strengthening of relations with the Russian Federation, told the news agency "Res" the head of administration of Tskhinval district of South Ossetia Alan Pliev, commenting on the meeting of the presidents of South Ossetia and Russia.