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New steps towards Georgia's integration into NATO and the creation of new Alliance infrastructure facilities in Georgia are of concern in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This is stated in a message to the media of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions.
As noted by representatives of the South Ossetian delegation, against the backdrop of Georgia's persistent refusal to commit itself to the non-use of force, the continuing rapprochement between Tbilisi and NATO is of particular concern.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov met with President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Crimea Artem Maltsev.
The head of state has stressed that the processes that take place between South Ossetia and the Russian Federation and, in particular, the Republic of Crimea, give confidence that the interaction of these countries is reaching a higher level.
"The agreement that has been signed today between the chambers of commerce and industry of the two republics confirms this fact," - the president said.

In Tskhinval, has been signed acooperation agreement between the chambers of commerce of South Ossetia and the Republic of Crimea.
The document was signed by the presidents of the chambers of the two republics Alan Alborov and Artem Maltsev.
Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the RSO Roin Kozayev said that South Ossetia was working to expand the investment area.
"We are establishing close relations with the ministries and departments of the fraternal republics. I think the signing of today's cooperation agreement will further unite our nations, "Kozaev said.

On June 14, the Georgian Prosecutor General's Office in the case of Archil Tatunashvili accused two law enforcement officers of the Republic of South Ossetia and demanded that citizens of the RSO appear in the police department of the neighboring state.

According to the press service of the office of the Presidential Envoy, the South Ossetian delegation is headed by the authorized representative of the President of the RSO on post-conflict settlement issues Murat Dzhioev.
"On June 19, the delegation of South Ossetia held bilateral consultations with the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions. Tripartite consultations of the delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia with the delegations of the Russian Federation and Abkhazia were also held, "the message reads.

The questions of determining the legal status of the mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in South Ossetia have been discussed today in Tskhinval at the meeting of President Anatoly Bibilov with the European Red Cross Coordinator for Europe and Central Asia Eric Daniel Bunnskog and the head of the ICRC mission to the RSO Ashot Astabatsyan.
According to the press service of the head of state, it was also discussed the cooperation of the Red Cross with the South Ossetian departments responsible for the social situation.

Today in Tskhinval the head of state Anatoly Bibilov have discussed the issues of holding an international tournament of professional battles dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the recognition of the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation with the president of the Federation of Service and Applied Training of the Power Structures "C-9" Zaur Abduragimov and the Federation General Director Rustam Gumbatov .

Heads of the South Ossetian State University and the Donetsk National Medical University have discussed issues of postgraduate education at the meeting in Tskhinvali.
According to the rector of the DonNMU Grigory Ignatenko, the Donetsk high school guarantees high quality of preparation.
"We have discussed issues of postgraduate education with Vadim Tedeev. As the rector of the DonNMU, I will do my best to invite your entrants to various specialties and provide them with postgraduate education. For my part, I can guarantee the high quality of training ", - said Ignatenko.

Young chess players from South Ossetia are showing themselves worthily at the international chess festival "Slavic brotherhood "in the Republika Srpska.
According the President of the South Ossetian Chess Federation, in his interview with the "Res" news agency, South Ossetian chess players have already won their first victories in the tournament.
"The best results among our three players are shown by Elena Kotaeva, who has already won several victories," Shavlokhov said.

The grandiose international festival-contest "Origins" will be held in several cities of Turkey from June 22 to July 1. An opera singer from South Ossetia, the owner of a rare voice - dramatic soprano Amaga Gotti (Irina Gotoeva) will take part in the festival of Russian-Turkish friendship. Honored Artist of the RSO and the RNO-Alania, the owner of the title "Bella Voce" of the Italian Opera Competition, will represent South Ossetia as part of the Russian delegation.