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The Head of the Department of Biology, Head of the Laboratory of Biomedical Studies of the South Ossetian State University Teimuraz Kokoev has received an invitation to participate as a speaker for the World Congress “Reticulation and waste utilization”, which will be held from August 19 to 20 in Paris.

According to the professor, he has already sent the resume of his report “Research in the field of grape processing to obtain biologically active substances used in the production of medications.”

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia Sergey Shamba met with Ambassador of South Ossetia to the Republic Oleg Botsiev and the head of the official representative office of Transnistria in Abkhazia Harry Kupalba, the press service of the foreign ministry reports.

Oleg Botsiev and Harry Kupalba congratulated Sergei Shamba on his appointment as Foreign Minister. “During the meeting, it has been discussed the current state of the Abkhaz-South-Ossetian and Abkhaz-Podnestrovian relations, as well as further steps on their development and strengthening,” the press service has noted.

A telephone conversation took place between the presidents of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Alan Gagloev and Aslan Bzhania, the press service of the head of the Republic of South Ossetia has reported.

According to the press service, during the conversation Aslan Bzhania addressed the words of support to Alan Gagloev and the people of South Ossetia in connection with the 16th anniversary of the August 2008 war.

A mourning event was held at the Memorial of Military Glory in the village of Parkany in Transnistria, during which it was being remembered the victims of Georgia's military aggression against South Ossetia, the press service of the PMR government reports.

Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Taranov, members of the government, parliamentarians and representatives of the public arrived to pay tribute to the fallen defenders and civilians of Alania and honor their memory.

It was noted that the historical destinies of the fraternal republics had much in common.

The leadership of South Ossetia, headed by President Alan Gagloev, laid wreaths and flowers at the places of the deaths of the Republic's defenders and civilians in August 2008.

The ceremony was also attended by the Russian Embassy in the Republic, representatives of the Parliament, law enforcement agencies, ministries, departments, the Mothers of Beslan, and others.

The ceremony began at the destroyed barracks of the Russian peacekeeping battalion, which was the first to take the aggressor's blow.

A monument to the Russian military pilot Vladimir Yedamenko, perished ed in August 2008, was unveiled in South Ossetia.

The opening ceremony was attended by the Republic's leadership, headed by President Alan Gagloev, representatives of the Russian Embassy and departments of the Republic.

"Yedamenko held the helm of his combat aircraft until the last second of his life and found peace in the fifth ocean. We must remember this hero who died for the land of South Ossetia, its future," Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov said.

Young people need to be brought up in the spirit of patriotism, - said the father of the Russian soldier Alexei Ivanov, who had died heroically during the war in South Ossetia in 2008.

The hero's father spoke at the mourning event in Tskhinval dedicated to the next anniversary of the 08.08.08 war.

Sergey Ivanov expressed gratitude to the head of state for the invitation to visit the Republic to honor the memory of the guys killed in the August war.

People of Ossetia have once again united to express their grief, said Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of North Ossetia Aslanbek Gutnov, who arrived in Tskhinval to take part in the mourning events dedicated to the next anniversary of the war in August 2008.

"This is not the first time I have taken part in such a mourning event, it would seem that 16 years have passed, but the wounds in the hearts of the people do not heal," he said.

Gutnov has noted that people of Ossetia will always remember the heroic feat of the most worthy sons of Ossetia and Russia.

Commemorative events dedicated to the 16th anniversary of the 08.08.08 war will be held in the capital of South Ossetia on August 7 and 8, the press service of the Ministry of Culture reports.

"On Wednesday, at 18:00, at the Kosta Khetagurov State Drama Theater will be a screening of the tragedy "The Last Witness". Admission is free, - the Ministry has noted. - On the same day, at 22:00, a mourning event, a flower-laying ceremony, and the opening of a photo exhibition 08.08.08 will be held at the memorial complex "To the Defenders of the Fatherland".

The possible establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Georgia will not harm the interests of South Ossetia, the head of the Republic's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Akhsar Dzhioev said at the press conference in Tskhinval.

As noted by him, the Russian colleagues have repeatedly said that the rupture of diplomatic relations was the initiative of the Georgian side.