The head of North Ossetia-Alania, Sergei Menyailo, sent a telegram with words of support to President Alan Gagloev in connection with the 15th anniversary of the August 2008 war, the press service of the head of state reports.
The date of August 8, 2008 has forever gone down in history as the day of the dastardly attack of Georgia, instigated by the West, on the South Ossetian sovereign country. This is stated in the telegram of condolences from the Acting Head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin to President Alan Gagloev in connection with the 15th anniversary of the August 2008 war.
Pushilin has stressed that people of South Ossetia defended their independence, but at the cost of serious losses.
Commemorative events dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the start of Georgia's military aggression against South Ossetia were held in foreign offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, the tragic events of those days were also remembered in friendly states, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Ambassador of South Ossetia to Russia Znaur Gassiev took part in the prayer service for the victims of the 08.08.08 war in Moscow, the press service of the diplomatic organization reports.
Vice President Badra Gunba visited the South Ossetian Embassy in Abkhazia to commemorate those killed during the five-day war in August 2008 in South Ossetia.
On behalf of the President and the people of Abkhazia, Badra Gunba expressed the words of support to the fraternal, long-suffering people of South Ossetia, writes Apsnypress.
Representatives of the Association of Victims of Terrorist Acts "Mothers of Beslan", who arrived in Tskhinval for the mourning events dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the Georgian aggression, laid flowers at the memorial complex to the Defenders of South Ossetia.
The ceremony was attended by Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office Alan Tibilov.
Today there will also be a meeting of President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev with the "Mothers of Beslan".
A memorial service for the victims of the August 2008 war was held in the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tskhinval on Tuesday. The prayer service was served by the priest of the Alanian Diocese, father Jacob (Khetagurov).
Khetagurov has noted that it is impossible to forget the August events of 2008.
The leadership of the Republic of South Ossetia laid wreaths and flowers at the places of death in August 2008 of the defenders of Ossetia and civilians of the Republic.
The laying ceremony began at the destroyed barracks of the Russian peacekeeping battalion. In August 2008, Russian peacekeepers were the first to take the aggressor's blow.
Russia's decision in August 2008 to protect South Ossetia from Georgian troops was right, Akhsar Dzhioev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, told RIA Novosti.
The Foreign Minister has reminded that in August 2008, while the whole world was watching the opening of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, the Georgian army, trained according to NATO standards, tried to occupy South Ossetia.
Fifteen years ago, tragic events took place in South Ossetia, which, without exaggeration, can be called a turning point in the modern history of the South Ossetian people, dividing the life of the country into "before" and "after", the press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia says on the 15th anniversary of Georgia's armed aggression against South Ossetia.