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A mortar shell found on Sunday in the village of Ioncha, Znaur district, was defused on the spot.

As told to IA "Res" in the duty unit of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of South Ossetia, the ammunition turned out to be rusty, and therefore could explode in the event of its removal.

"It was a 32 mm shell from a foreign-made mortar. Since it turned out to be rusty, the sappers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations neutralized it on the spot, " the duty unit said.

The South Ossetian delegation led by Speaker of the Republic’s Parliament, Alan Tadtaev, completed its visit to the Syrian Arab Republic on Friday, the press service of the Parliament told the Res news agency.

A delegation from South Ossetia arrived on an official visit to Damascus on May 24, where it took part in the presidential elections on May 26 as international observers.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov sent a message of gratitude to President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad in connection with the 3rd anniversary of the recognition of the independence of the Republic by Syria, the press service of the head of state reported.

The Independence Act adopted on May 29, 1992 by the deputies of the first convocation of the Supreme Soviet of our country was an important step on the thorny path of legal registration of the statehood of South Ossetia, proclaiming the creation of an independent state, declaring its territory indivisible, where only the Constitution and laws of the Republic of South Ossetia are in force. Thus, a new state appeared on the world space.

On Saturday, President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov addressed fellow citizens, defenders of the Fatherland, veterans of the national liberation movement on the occasion of the celebration of the next anniversary of the Day of the Adoption of the Act of Declaration of Independence of the Republic.

On Saturday, 60 seedlings of coniferous trees were planted in the Valery Khubulov Park in Tskhinval, which laid the foundation for the South Ossetian-Syrian Friendship Alley.

The planting of seedlings was attended by officials of the Republic led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Medoev, a delegation of the parliamentary center "Integrated Security of the Fatherland" and the Russian Club of Holders of State Awards of the Republic of South Ossetia, headed by People's Artist of Russia and South Ossetia A.V. Pankratov-Cherny, pupils of the Tskhinval school # 6.

Official Tbilisi continues to take actions leading to an increase in the military threat in the region, the KGB of South Ossetia reported.

“So, on May 28, around 20:00, in the vicinity of the settlement of Grom of Tskhinval district a group of unidentified citizens of Georgia violated the state border and committed vandal actions against the infrastructure of the RSO KGB Border Service - damage was caused to the observation post,” the press service said.

May 1992 became the starting point for the creation of a number of ministries and agencies of the Republic of South Ossetia, the structure of the government of the Republic as a whole. On May 28, 1992, several key departments were created, including the Ministry of Foreign Relations (now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), the State Security Committee, and the Ministry of Information, Press and Publishing (now the Information and Press Committee).

In the village of Auneu in Znaur district of South Ossetia, dugouts were found in which there was an 82 mm mortar shell, the press service of the Republic's rescue department reported.

According to the Ministry, the eyewitnesses reported the discovery to the emergency department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and sappers from the Ministry of Emergency Situations and officers of the KGB and Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Znaur district promptly left for the scene.

The delegation of South Ossetia, participating in the presidential elections in Syria as international observers, has noted the democratic nature of the voting, the press service of the legislative body of the Republic of South Ossetia told the “Res” news agency.

“The feeling of a holiday is present throughout Syria, people come to vote with pleasure. It is noticeable that they believe in their future, every citizen wants to contribute to the development of the Syrian state,” said Alan Tadtaev, speaker of the RSO parliament.