President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the celebration of the 15th anniversary of the recognition of the Republic by the Russian Federation.
A mourning meeting in memory of the victims of the Ered tragedy will be held in South Ossetia on March 18. Issues of preparation for the mourning event were discussed on Thursday at the meeting of the State Commission for the organization of holidays and memorable dates.
The commemorative event will be held at the city cemetery, where thirty-two years ago, 12 Ossetian men were buried alive in a mass grave after brutal beatings and torture.
On Thursday, March 16, Moscow will host a meeting between presidents of South Ossetia and Russia, Alan Gagloev and Vladimir Putin. This was announced at the briefing by the press Secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov.
“Today, the working visit of President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev, postponed earlier for medical reasons, will take place, and his conversation with President of Russia will take place,” Peskov said.
"Of course, bilateral relations with South Ossetia are very important in our work," Peskov said.
The Embassy of South Ossetia took part in the traditional annual event of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia - the Global Village Youth Festival of Cultures of the Peoples of the World, the press service of the Embassy reports.
Russia and South Ossetia this year will be celebrating the anniversary - 15 years of recognition of the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia and the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia has expressed condolences to the family of Russian diplomat Valery Loshchinin, who passed away on March 14 at the age of 83.
"The outstanding Russian diplomat and statesman, a retired Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary has died. The most important stages in the recent history of South Ossetia are connected with the name of Valery Vasilyevich," the Foreign Ministry's telegram of condolences reads.
South Ossetia is closely monitoring the processes taking place in Georgia, Chairman of the Parliament Alan Alborov noted in the comment to IA “Res”.
“Is it possible to open a second front or carry out a provocation at the borders? Everything is possible in the modern world, and South Ossetia has lived under conditions of permanent aggression for many years. Based on this, it is necessary to monitor what is happening and be ready for any development of events,” he said.
South Ossetian-Russian relations have a very rich history and deep roots, the two nations are united by spiritual and cultural closeness, the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry stated, referring to the current stage of relations between the two countries.
In February, 14 violators of the legislation in the border sphere were detained at various sections of the state border of South Ossetia, of which 5 were violators of the state border regime, 9 - the border regime, the KGB said in the statement.
Fraternal relations between South Ossetia and Russia are being built in full compliance with the Treaty of Alliance and Integration of March 18, 2015, Znaur Gassiev, Ambassador of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation, said in the commentary to IA "Res ".
"This unique, unparalleled document defines long-term guidelines for bilateral relations, fixes the procedure for interaction in the field of social protection of the population, guarantees our state sovereignty and security," Gassiev said.
He has noted that Russia is the main strategic partner for South Ossetia.