The president of the republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity met on 9 June with the Russian Federation deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin.
Eduard Kokoity in his interview to IA «Res» correspondent said the meeting was very important.
The Prime Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia Yuri Morozov met with the delegation of the Transdnistrian-Moldovan Republic. The meeting was participated by the ambassador of TMR to South Ossetia Djemal Djigkaev, TMR deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Simonenko, TMR deputy Industry Minister Alexey Molchansky, deputy Culture and Education Minister Vladimir Nemirovsky, security major general Oleg Fedoseev, RSO Minister of Culture Tamerlan Dzudtsev and RSO deputy Foreign Minister Alan Pliev.
The Transdnistrian-Moldovan Republic Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Simonenko comes to the Republic of South Ossetia within the framework of year of Transdnistrian-Moldovan Republic. This was informed to IA «Res» correspondent by the Deputy of RSO Foreign Minister Alan Pliev.
Asphalting of the Zar road, which is connecting the Republic of South Ossetia with Russia and bypassing Georgian inhabited villages of RSO, temporarily controlled by Tbilisi, will be over at 1 November 2008. This was disclosed by the RSO Chairman of Government Yuri Morozov during his visit to asphalt plant at RSO Djava district.
«Asphalt plant is absolutely new. It was purchased by the contractor with whom we had made a contract for Zar bypass road asphalting. The length of Zar road is 36 km. And till 1 November the asphalt work will be completed»-stated Morozov.
«On 6 June 2008 at 20:25 in the zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict JPKF observation post of RNO-Alania «Ioncha» reported of the flight of AN-2 aircraft without identifying signs»-informed IA «Res» the assistant of JPKF commander on links with media captain Vladimir Ivanov. He has mentioned that «the flight of the aircraft passed beyond the fixed air corridors on the route from the west to east at the height of 1500m».
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia on behalf of the RSO President Eduard Kokoity turned to a number of ambassadors of accredited in Georgia States, as well as the OSCE Mission in Georgia with an invitation to visit RSO to get acquainted with the developing situation on the spot.
On the eve of meeting of the Presidents of Russia and Georgia at the economical forum in Sanct Petersburg the correspondent of IA «Res» turned for the commentary to the Republic of South Ossetia deputy Foreign Minister Alan Pliev. According to him «Russo-Georgian relations, already tense for several years, has aggravated last time. Mikhail Saakashvili characterized the situation as a deep crisis».
The International children’s protection day is celebrated today in the Republic of South Ossetia. This occasion is of particular importance in South Ossetia claimed in interview to IA «Res» correspondent the President of RSO Eduard Kokoity. «This is undoubtfully one of the most remarkable holidays, particularly in South Ossetia were practically all the children are the “war generation”»-said Kokoity.
The co-chairman of «Georgian-Ossetian social forum» Djabrail Gabachiev, who is also the editor of an independent newspaper «Social Democrat of Alania» has recently visited Georgia. On account of this event IA «Res» correspondent turned for the commentary to the chief of RSO Scientific Research Institute, the Deputy of «Styr Nykhas» chairman Robert Gagloity.
The situation in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone has a growing tendency to aggravation. How the Government of the Republic is coping with the ongoing situation told the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity in the interview to IA «Res» correspondent
–I would like to note that the Government of the Republic of South Ossetia is bending every effort to keep the negotiation process of Georgian-Ossetian conflict settlement within the framework of Joint Control Commission. Saakashvili’s regime organizes provocations against the Government of the Republic of South Ossetia and peacekeeping forces. We are making great efforts to hold the situation in check.