South Ossetia welcomes the statement of the Russian President Vladimir Putin on the unalterable decision of the Russian Federation to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
December 21 a professional boxer from South Ossetia Marat Kulumbegov will hold his rating fight.
As a coach of the athlete Robert Pliev said IA "Res", "the fight will take place in Hollywood (USA - Ed.). Kulumbegov will meet in the ring with an American athlete Billy Bailey. The rival of our fellow citizen is 34 years old. As a professional boxer, he fought 27 bouts. 12 of them he won, and four of his wins are KO`s "- said Pliev.
Russia stands for normalization of relations with Georgia, but cannot reverse its decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference in Moscow.
Republic of South Ossetia is recognized by the Russian Federation; thetwo countries have established equal contractual relationship in accordance with the international standards.
This has been said IA "Res" by the RSO Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev, commenting on a statement of the Georgian Minister for Reintegration Paata Zakareishvili, that "Georgia does not recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia and wants to protect these countries from the Russian expansion."
The first meeting of the official representatives of Russia and Georgia held in Switzerland within the framework of settlement the Russian-Georgian relations, has not given any concrete results. There is every reason to believe that this will continue, and the planned meetings held "once within two or three months", will be another stillborn pseudo-diplomatic format like the "Geneva talks." This, certainly, will not affect the Russian-Ossetian relations and the situation in South Ossetia as a whole.
Lately, representatives of the new Georgian government have been actively discussing in the media the results of the 22 round of Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia. According to the Georgian politicians, their "constructive" proposals have not been announced, as the Ossetian and the Abkhaz participants "did not take into consideration that it would be better to take more positive steps in relations with the new government of Georgia."
IA "Res" asked the Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev to comment on the statements of the Georgian politicians.
At the meeting with representatives of the Georgian authorities the South Ossetian side stood by its demand to recognize the citizens of South Ossetia, kept in Georgian prisons, the political prisoners. This has been said the media by Deputy Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Khokh Gagloyty after the meeting of members of the Mechanisms on Prevention and Reaction to Incidents.
South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received the members of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation headed by Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee for Foreign Affairs Vladimir Dzhabarov.
South Ossetia continues to insist on signing a legally binding agreement on non-use of force against South Ossetia and Abkhazia, said Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.
"In consideration of the new political situation of Georgia, we look forward to progress on this issue", - said the President of South Ossetia during the meeting with the heads of the law-enforcement agencies , referring to the results of the last 22 round of talks in Geneva.
Georgian authorities have taken a breather in the extremist and militarist rhetoric, which they are trying to replace by common theme of economic cooperation and integration.
As the news agency "Res" has been reported by a spokesman of the Association of Border Cooperation in Central Asia and the Caucasus Mikhail Chernov, commenting on the meeting of Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karasin with the Prime Minister of Georgia Z.I.Abashidze, "The exchange of views between Russia and Georgia – it is good. Previously, these meetings were less constructive. They were due to start and have just started".