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The delegation of the Lugansk People's Republic, headed by President Leonid Pasechnik, came South Ossetia on a three-day official visit. The head of the LPR was accompanied by his wife Natalia Pasechnik. All negotiations took place the day before, according to their results on Wednesday the heads of South Ossetia and the LPR signed a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance. Also there was a meeting of representatives of the LPR with representatives of the Parliament of the Republic.

After the long break, a regular meeting in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) took place on the border of South Ossetia and Georgia, during which the incidents taking place at the border and issues of concern were discussed.

After the meeting, the head of the South Ossetian delegation Egor Kochiev, told South Ossetian journalists about the topics discussed.

Kochiev has noted that the meeting in the format of IPRMR was held in a constructive manner.

There is a full understanding of the fact that South Ossetia and the Lugansk People’s Republic must move together, said South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov to journalists after the talks with the head of the LPR.

“We have identified the steps that will enable us to achieve the desired level in the relations between our state structures, in almost all areas,” said Bibilov.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov has received the head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik. During the meeting, the first persons discussed issues of bilateral relations between the countries.

Anatoly Bibilov greeted Leonid Pasechnik as the elected head of state, noting that the struggle of the people of the LPR was tense and, despite the difficulties, the people held out against the enemy.

The red carpet and the company of the guard of honor in front of the presidential administration building in South Ossetia - this is how Leonid Pasechnik, the head of the Lugansk People's Republic, was greeted.

In Tskhinval was held a solemn ceremony of the meeting of President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, and the head of the Lugansk People’s Republic, Leonid Pasechnik. On the central square of Tskhinval, in front of the presidential administration building, were lined up a joint company and orchestra of the guard of honor of the Defense Ministry of the Republic.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has issued a decision that it will not consider the claims of residents of the Republic of South Ossetia to Georgia on the events of August 2008.

According to the South Ossetian expert Yuri Vazagov, this decision of the Strasbourg Court was predictable, since the political commitment and bias of the western judicial instances has long been known.

Vazagov drew attention to the activities of another body - The Hague Court, which also repeatedly demonstrated its bias and double standards in its work.

The European Court of Human Rights refused 7 out of 1,500 citizens of South Ossetia to consider claims against Georgia on the events of military aggression in August 2008,told Res agency Inal Tasoev, Presidential Commissioner of South Ossetia for human rights.

The European Court of Human Rights announced on Thursday that did not see any grounds for accepting several lawsuits in which the residents of Tskhinval accused the Georgian armed forces of life-threatening actions.

As noted in the court’s press release, the ECHR will not consider two of the three lawsuits filed by residents of the Republic of South Ossetia against Georgia on the events of August 2008.

On December 11-12, 2018,in Geneva took place the 46th Round of the International Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia, held in accordance with the August 12 and September 8, 2008 Medvedev-Sarkozy agreements. The delegations of the Republic of South Ossetia, the Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, the Russian Federation, the USA, as well as the EU, the UN and the OSCE representatives took part in the discussions.

The South Ossetian delegation was headed by Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev,

Representatives of the delegation of South Ossetia agreed to hold a meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism next week.
Georgia’s hostile rhetoric on the situation around Abkhazia and South Ossetia has not changed after the presidential elections, told RIA Novosti Secretary of State and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin following a regular round of the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia.