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President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov is on a working visit to the Donetsk People's Republic.
According to the press service of the head of state, the main purpose of Bibilov's trip to Donetsk is the development of economic and trade relations between the two republics.
As a New Year gift and for acquaintance of the Donetsk residents with South Ossetian goods, Anatoly Bibilov has taken with him a large batch of products of the meat-processing plant "Rastdon".
In addition, the President of South Ossetia will give uniforms to the defenders of the DPR.

South Ossetia made the absolutely right decision by recognizing the independence of the DPR and the LPR - said President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov at a press conference in Tskhinval.
According to Bibilov, today the scenario of Abkhazia and South Ossetia is repeated in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.
"What happened in South Ossetia is directly proportional to what is happening today in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. And we perfectly understand what assistance today is needed for these Republics," - the president said.

The head of South Ossetia during the final press conference reaffirmed his commitment to the course on the Republic's entry into the Russian Federation.

President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov called the external influence on Georgia the reason for Tbilisi's refusal to sign with South Ossetia and Abkhazia a memorandum on the non-use of force.
"Georgia may not be against signing a memorandum on the non-use of force, but the United States prevents them to do it.
Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin has emphasized that not the Georgian leadership, but Washington decides the issues of relations with South Ossetia," - Anatoly Bibilov said.

President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov met with the head of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation Anton Vaino.
As reported by the press service of the head of state, issues of bilateral cooperation were touched upon during the meeting, including those discussed during the meeting of presidents Anatoly Bibilov and Vladimir Putin in November 2017.
The meeting was attended by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia Znaur Gassiev.

The issues of searching for missing citizens of South Ossetia were discussed by the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of the RSO on post-conflict settlement issues Murat Dzhioev and the independent expert Dushan Ignatovich who, at the invitation of the OSCE, is investigating the case of the citizens of South Ossetia to be listed missing after the 2008 August war.
According to the press service of the Presidential Envoy, during the conversation the South Ossetian side expressed satisfaction with the extension of Dushan Ignatovich's mandate.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia and South Ossetia discussed cooperation in combating crime and planned joint events. The meeting between Yuri Chaika and Uruzmag Jagayev took place within the framework of the working visit of the President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov to the Russian Federation.

Steps taken by the United States and NATO in Georgia cannot contribute to building confidence and promoting the negotiation process in the format of the Geneva discussions, the South Ossetian delegation said in a press release on the results of the 42nd round in the work of this site.

South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev discussed cooperation with the Сhairman of the International Association "Friends of the Crimea" Jean-Pierre Thomas, with whom the head of the Republic's Foreign Ministry met during his working trip to Paris.
"I met Jean-Pierre Thomas at the international conference in the Crimea, where was established the international association Friends of the Crimea, the chairman of which he was elected," Medoev said. "Even then, we started discussing some possible joint projects with him."

The possibility of training representatives of South Ossetia at the Parisian Russian Conservatory named after Sergei Rachmaninov is being studied, said the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO Dmitry Medoev at a briefing in Tskhinval.
According to Medoev, this issue was discussed during his meeting in Paris with the rector of the Conservatory, the Chairman of the Presidium of the International Council of Russian Compatriots, a Count Peter Sheremetyev.