Archive - 10/2023

Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, Akhsar Dzhioev, held a working meeting with Director of the Fourth Department of the CIS countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Denis Gonchar.

The meeting took place on Tuesday, October 17, the press service of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry reports.

“During the conversation, current issues of the South Ossetian-Russian relations were discussed, relating, first of all, to regional security,” the report has noted.

The call by the Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to open a “second front” in South Ossetia and Abkhazia is a sign of the clear agony that the Kiev regime is experiencing, said South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev.

Earlier, the Ukrainian leader called on the Georgian leadership to restore “its territorial integrity by opening a second front.”

“When there is defeat after defeat at the front, they are raging, trying to drag the whole world into their adventure,” the head of South Ossetia has noted.

At the joint meeting of the Cooperation Commission of the Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the issue of developing the tourism industry in South Ossetia was also raised.

Co-chairman of the Commission, Chairman of the RSO Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Relations Zaza Driaev has noted that at the last meeting of the Commission in Moscow this issue was also raised and then they decided to continue discussing the issue of developing the tourism industry.

President Alan Gagloev has received the delegation of the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic led by First Deputy of the People's Assembly (Parliament) Dagir Smakuev. The head of state has noted that very warm relations have developed between South Ossetia and Karachay-Cherkessia, representatives of the republics always take part in all events.

President Alan Gagloev has received the delegation of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, led by member of the Committee on International Affairs Sergei Tsekov.

The meeting was also attended by Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, Speaker of Parliament Alan Alborov and Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-parliamentary Relations Zaza Driaev.

Israeli airstrikes on Syrian infrastructure are fraught with a further escalation of tension in the region, the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry said on Friday, commenting on the situation around еру Palestinian-Israeli relations.

On October 12, the Israeli Air Force launched strikes on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, as a result of which the runways of Damascus and Aleppo international airports were damaged.

The issue of providing benefits, payments and social support measures to the special military operation participants from South Ossetia and their family members was discussed at the meeting of the Cooperation Commission of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly and Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia.

As noted by Elena Dzhioeva, Chairman of the Committee on Budget and Taxes, the issue of supporting the special military operation participants is still very relevant.

The issue of dual citizenship with the Russian Federation was discussed in the Parliament of South Ossetia during the work of the Commission on Cooperation of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia and the Parliament of the Republic.

As noted by the head of the Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-parliamentary Relations of the South Ossetian legislative body, co-Chairman of the Commission Zaza Driaev, this issue is being raised at all levels.

The South Ossetian side considers the participation in the Geneva discussions useful and advocates continuing the dialogue and finding new ways to increase efficiency and advance work in this format.

This is stated in the statement by the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the format.

The Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia were created on October 15, 2008 after Georgia's armed attack on South Ossetia and forcing the aggressor to peace, in accordance with the Medvedev-Sarkozy agreements.

In South Ossetia on Friday, October 13, a meeting of the Commission on Cooperation of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Parliament of the Republic will be held, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Relations Zaza Driaev told IA “Res”.

As noted by Driaev, as part of the work of the Commission, the parties will discuss important issues facing the Republic.