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The visit of the South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov to Venezuela to participate in the inauguration of Nicolas Maduro marked the intensification of the Republic’s foreign policy in the Latin American direction, told the "Res" news agency South Ossetian expert Yuri Vazagov .

An important protocol event, in his opinion, was successfully used by the head of state to establish contacts with the leaders of a number of countries, including the President of El Salvador.

President of the Republic of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, after participating in the solemn inauguration of the legally elected President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, has met with President of the Republic of El Salvador, Salvador Sanchez.

A very unusual set of contacts, ideas, diplomats, politicians, journalists, experts who have been able to make a very small state interesting for combinations in the big world, is accumulating in and around South Ossetia, political scientist, director of the Center for European Integration told Res news agency. (Minsk) Yuri Shevtsov.

The political scientist has noted a very interesting process of the emergence of original diplomacy - a very small state in the Caucasus.

President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, has arrived in the capital of Venezuela on a two-day visit, during which he will take part in the inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro.

According to the presidential press service, the delegation of South Ossetia at the airport was met by Venezuelan Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Gil. Anatoly Bibilov and Ivan Gil during the protocol meeting exchanged greetings, noting the importance of developing bilateral relations.

The ceremony of bringing to the post of the President of Venezuela will be held on January 10 in Caracas.

President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, has visited the memorial tomb of Comandante Hugo Chávez.

According to the press service of the head of state, “the President and members of the South Ossetian delegation paid tribute to the outstanding statesman of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Anatoly Bibilov has noted that it was the decision of Hugo Chávez that Venezuela recognized the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia.

President Anatoly Bibilov congratulated Orthodox Christians on Christmas, reports the presidential press service. The head of state attended the Christmas service at the Temple of the Most Holy Trinity of the Russian Orthodox Church in Tskhinval. The festive divine service was held by Father Sergey (Kokoev).
Addressing the parishioners, Anatoly Bibilov noted that “the bright holiday of Christmas gives the believers warmth and hope, filling our hearts with love and kindness. The Savior helps everyone: the sick, the suffering and the distressed. "

Anatoly Bibilov attended a solemn event dedicated to the Day of Security Service Employees. The President congratulated the staff of the State Security Committee of the Republic(KGB), as well as the employees of the FSB of the Russian Federation. He has noted that the KGB officers always performed tasks of ensuring the security of the Soviet Union with great professionalism, and the KGB of the RSO since its creation has adequately managed to ensure the security of South Ossetia.

At the negotiations in Geneva, South Ossetia called on the Georgian side to assist the Republic in clarifying the fate of the South Ossetian citizens to be listed missing since 2008, said Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of the RSO for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.

Issues outside the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), submitted for discussion by the Georgian side, impede its functioning, said Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.

“The IPRM is obliged to consider and prevent situations in the regions adjacent to the border of South Ossetia with Georgia. We made this clear in Geneva. Issues that relate to the work of the Mechanism under the mandate should be put on the agenda of the meeting in this format,” the Plenipotentiary said.

Participants in the Geneva discussions could not advance on the issue of developing a legally binding document on the non-use of force against South Ossetia and Abkhazia, told reporters Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Republic for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev,

“Unfortunately, no new steps could be made in this direction. The Abkhaz colleagues proposed a new draft statement on the non-use of force, which is practically the same as the previous version. The Georgian party, in turn, again asked for time to study it,” said Dzhioev.