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The fighters of the special purpose unit (OMON) of South Ossetia continue the glorious traditions laid down by the older generation and remain on guard of law and order and security of the Republic, President Alan Gagloev said, speaking at the ceremonial meeting in Tskhinval in honor of the 33rd anniversary of the founding of the Interior Ministry unit.

Alan Gagloev noted the invaluable contribution of the riot police to ensuring security and order in the republic.

The first meeting of the year in the IPRM format is taking place on the border of South Ossetia and Georgia.

The main issue that the South Ossetian party has been raising for several years is the removal of the illegal Georgian police post set up on the territory of South Ossetia at the end of August 2019.

The meeting will consider incidents and possible provocations that have occurred since the previous meeting.

First Deputy Prime Minister Alan Dzhioev received the envoy of the International Committee of the Red Cross on missing persons in the Caucasus, Agnes Kotu, and the head of the ICRC office in the Republic, Said Assadullah.

According to the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers, the parties discussed issues related to the search for missing citizens of South Ossetia and the activities of the ICRC in the Republic.

In January, 24 violators of border legislation were detained at various sections of the state border of South Ossetia, including 10 violators of the state border regime and 14 of the border regime. This was reported by the press service of the State Security Committee of the Republic.

As noted by the department, the KGB Border Service conducted investigations into each violation of legal regimes.

“As a result, 21 violators were subject to administrative fines, and three were given official warnings,” the Committee has clarified.

On behalf of President Alan Gagloev, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia sent the official note to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the exclusion of South Ossetia from the list of countries, the citizens of which will be subject to the provisions of the RF Government Resolution No. 1510 "On conducting an experiment to test the rules and conditions for entry into the Russian Federation and exit from the Russian Federation of foreign citizens and stateless persons."

Members of Parliament and representatives of the Central Election Commission of South Ossetia will travel to Abkhazia as the international observers at the presidential elections.

As reported to IA “Res” by Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-parliamentary Relations Zaza Driaev, who will head the parliamentary delegation, the deputies will travel to Abkhazia at the invitation of Speaker of the Republic's Parliament Lasha Ashuba.

Intensifying efforts to search for the missing persons was discussed at the meeting between the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev and the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Republic of South Ossetia Said Assadullah, as well as with the ICRC envoy for missing persons in the Caucasus Agnes Kotu.

This was reported by the press service of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry.

The Geneva International Discussions, both by definition and in accordance with the fundamental documents, should be held in Geneva, the UN Co-Chair of the Geneva International Discussions Cihan Sultanoglu said.

A meeting of the OSCE, UN and EU co-chairs of the Geneva Discussions with the South Ossetian delegation was held in Tskhinval on Tuesday. The parties discussed preparations for the 63rd meeting.

The issue of searching for missing persons is one of the most important, the OSCE Co-Chair Christoph Späth said during the press conference.

On Tuesday, the Co-Chairs representing three international organizations arrived in the capital of South Ossetia for a regular meeting ahead of the 63rd round, which will be held in Geneva in March.

"I can assure you that this issue will be the focus of our work," Späth has stressed.

The main tasks of the Geneva process, in addition to ensuring security and peace, are to deal with the consequences of the conflict, the EU Co-Chair Magdalena Grono said during the press approach in Tskhinval.

On Tuesday, the Co-Chairs, representing three international organizations, arrived in the capital of South Ossetia for a regular meeting before the 63rd round, which will be held in Geneva in March.