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The South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia once again noted the need to develop a legally binding document designed to guarantee the security of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Georgia's non-use of force or threat of force, the press service of the office of the Republic’s Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement told the “Res” news agency.

The issue of the illegal Georgian post in the village of Uista in Znaur District of South Ossetia was discussed during the 55th round of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia, the press service of the office of the Republic’s Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement told the “Res” news agency.

“It was emphasized the extremely negative impact on the state of affairs of the fortified post illegally set up by the Georgian side near the Ossetian border village of Uista,” the press service said.

The participants in the two-day 55th round of the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia again failed to come to concrete results. The parties only spoke in favor of continuing joint efforts to find the ways to strengthen stability and security in the South Caucasus, and agreed to hold the next round on March 29-30, 2022.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov met with Foreign Minister of the Republic Dmitry Medoev. According to the press service of the Foreign Ministry, during the meeting, Dmitry Medoev told the head of state about the results of his working visit to Italy and Turkey, the press service of the President said on Wednesday.

Prime Minister of South Ossetia Gennady Bekoev held a meeting with a delegation of the North Caucasus Federal University headed by Rector Dmitry Bespalov, the government's press service reported.

The meeting was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development Dzambolat Tadtaev, Rector of the South Ossetia State University Vadim Tedeev, Director of the Law Institute of the NCFU Dmitry Smirnov, Director on Information Policy of the NCFU Mina Akhverdieva, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of South Ossetia Elisa Gagloeva.

Specialists of South Ossetia are professionals in their field, there is nothing to teach them, they know everything, said Tatyana Zharnikova, a representative of the Stavropol Anti-Plague Institute of Rospotrebnadzor, who was in South Ossetia on a two-week business trip.

According to Tatyana Zharnikova, they have developed friendly relations with their South Ossetian colleagues.

A delegation from the North Caucasian Federal University NCFU, headed by Rector Dmitry Bespalov, arrived on a working visit to the South Ossetian State University.

On Monday, a working meeting of the North Ossetian delegation with the rector of the South Ossetian State University Vadim Tedeev, the faculty and the university staff took place.

Sappers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of South Ossetia left on Monday morning to neutralize a shell found on one of the streets of Tskhinval, the press service of the Emergency Situations Ministry told the IA “Res”.

“A 30 mm BMP-2 projectile was found on Nartovskaya Street in the capital of the Republic. The Ministry of Emergency Situations received a call from a traffic police officer at 09.56,” the press service said.

The sappers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations left for the place. The ammunition was defused.

On Sunday afternoon, a resident of Tskhinval discovered a dangerous find and reported it to the rescuers, Vazha Dzagoev, the head of the Emergency Situations Ministry's duty shift, told the IA “Res”.

“A woman living on Lenin Street, 130, reported to the emergency department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations that she had found a grenade at the entrance of the storeroom while cleaning. We immediately sent sappers there and upon arrival it turned out that it was an F-1 combat grenade,” Dzagoev said.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko met with the heads of the South Ossetian and Abkhaz delegations at the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia - State Adviser to President of South Ossetia Konstantin Kochiev and Deputy Foreign Minister of Abkhazia Irakli Tuzhba.