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Pridnestrovian Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev discussed plans for interaction with the head of the South Ossetian Representative Office in the PMR Vitaly Yankovsky.

"Within the framework of the discussion, an exchange of views took place on topical aspects of the Pridnestrovian-South Ossetian cooperation in various fields, including the development of interdepartmental contacts and the implementation of a number of joint project initiatives in the social, humanitarian and cultural spheres," the press service of the Foreign Ministry reported on Wednesday.

The DPR head Denis Pushilin, South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov, representatives of the United Russia party and Russian parliamentarians arrived at the Saur-Mogila memorial near the town of Snezhnoe to celebrate the anniversary of the liberation of Donbass from Nazi occupation.

On Wednesday Presidential Plenipotentiary of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev held a video conference with the OSCE co-chair at the Geneva International Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia, Annika Söder.

As reported by the press service of the plenipotentiary mission, ​​during the conversation they discussed issues related to the preparation for the next round of Geneva discussions.

The State Security Committee of South Ossetia has informed about the absence of positive trends in the fight against the spread of coronavirus in Georgia.

"The analysis of the incoming information indicates not only the extremely low intensity of the immunization process of the Georgian population, but also the regular increase in the number of deaths, as well as the provision by the Georgian authorities of distorted information about the sanitary and epidemiological situation in the country," the KGB said in a statement released on Tuesday.

The second international online conference for families of the missing persons is being held on September 6-7 in the conference hall of the Iryston hotel in the capital of South Ossetia. The event was organized by the Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

According to the press service of the ICRC, ten relatives of the people who went missing in the conflicts of the 1990s and 2008 are taking part in the conference.

American citizen Jackson Paul Kramer, detained in South Ossetia for violating the state border, was expelled from the Republic. The American traveler on Monday told reporters at the briefing that he would return to the Republic to learn as much as possible about the Ossetians, culture and traditions. "If I were offered to be the representative of South Ossetia in America, I would tell only good things about South Ossetia," he said.

An American citizen who violated the state border of South Ossetia was brought to administrative responsibility and expelled from the Republic; the press service of the Republic's KGB reports.

“On August 26, officers of the Border Guard Service of the KGB of South Ossetia in the area of ​​the settlement of Upper Erman (Dzau district), a violator of the state border with Georgia was detained. During the investigation, it was established that he was a US citizen Jackson Paul Kramer, born November 9, 1997, a native of the sate North Carolina,” the KGB clarified.

President Anatoly Bibilov held a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of the Trans-Baikal Territory Andrei Gurulev, the press service of the head of state reports. The meeting was also attended by the Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov.

Anatoly Bibilov has noted that Andrei Gurulev, as the former commander of the 58th Army, has long been familiar with South Ossetia, its problems and achievements.

The Georgian side, ignoring the real danger of the uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus, continues to provoke citizens on both sides of the state border to illegally cross it, the press service of the State Security Committee of South Ossetia reported on Monday.

“Two years have passed since the illegal deployment of a police post by the Georgian side in the vicinity of the village of Uista (Tsnelis) in Znaur district, which is another evidence of the aggressive intentions of the official Tbilisi.

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev is participating these days in the event organized by the Department of International Affairs of the Communist Party in Turin.

"In Turin, Dmitry Medoev took part in the event organized by the Department of International Affairs of the Province of Piedmont within the framework of the annual regional congress of communists in Turin (Italy). The international conference was also attended by officials from a number of countries accredited in Italy, "the press service of the Republic’s Foreign Ministry said.