The Simd Song and Dance Group, together with Minister of Culture of South Ossetia Rada Dzagoeva, honored the memory of those killed in the Great Patriotic War by laying wreaths and flowers at the Motherland monument and the memorial plaque to the natives of Ossetia at the Piskarevsky Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg.
This was reported by the press service of "Simd".
The head of the Georgian Foreign Ministry forgot about the true reality developed in the region after August 2008, about the recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, about the results of the work of the international commission of Heidi Tagliavini, which recognized Georgia as the aggressor, about the importance of the International Discussions on Security in Transcaucasia, the key goal of which is to ensure lasting security in the region and exclude the possibility of renewed hostilities.
At the meeting on Thursday, the South Ossetian government approved the adoption of a draft law on the ratification of a protocol amending the agreement with the Russian Federation on pension provision for the Russian citizens permanently residing in South Ossetia.
As reported by Minister of Labor and Social Protection Oleg Gagloev, the amendments require their ratification by the South Ossetian Parliament.
The delegations of South Ossetia, Abkhazia and the Russian Federation supported the proposal of the co-chairs of the Geneva Discussions to resume discussion of the idea of a joint statement on the commitment to the principle of non-use of force.
