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Georgian side claims the situation in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone will be systematically aggravated, but RSO law enforcement organs are bending every effort to protect the population of Republic. This was stated to IA «Res» correspondent by the Minister of Interior of RSO Mikhail Mindzaev.
«Provocations from the Georgian side will continue but we will bend every effort to prevent them. We can guarantee that we will be protecting our people and we wick protect it.The Georgian side at the semiofficial level claims that the situation within the conflict zone will be systematically aggravated. However we are ready for this and there is nothing for RSO population to be afraid of»-claimed Nindzaev.

In connection with the yesterday’s shelling of the capital of the Republic of South Ossetia IA «Res» correspondent turned for the commentary to the Head of RNO-Alania peacekeeping battalion Kazbek Friev. According to him on 14 June at about 23:40 Georgian side without any cause fired the RNO-Alania peacekeeping post «CARZ» with the automatic weapon and grenade launchers.

«Yesterday’s fire attack on Tskhinval is another demonstration of Georgian side’s adherence to solely force means of Georgian-Ossetian contradictions settlement»-stated the President of the Republic of South Ossetia commenting the actions of Georgia’s armed formations who bombarded the capital of South Ossetia on the night from 14 to 15 June.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Murat Djioev directed an official letter to OSCE Chairman-in-Office Alexander Stubb in connection with press release in the conclusion of the meeting of Alexander Stubb with the Foreign Minister of Georgia.

Eventuated a working meeting of the Chairman of Government of the Republic of South Ossetia Yuri Morozov and the Chairman of Government of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania Nikolai Khlyntsov. According to RSO press service at the meeting were discussed the issues of interaction of two Governments, integration of republics and the oncoming common sitting of the two Governments.

The president of the republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity met on 9 June with the Russian Federation deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin.
Eduard Kokoity in his interview to IA «Res» correspondent said the meeting was very important.

The Prime Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia Yuri Morozov met with the delegation of the Transdnistrian-Moldovan Republic. The meeting was participated by the ambassador of TMR to South Ossetia Djemal Djigkaev, TMR deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Simonenko, TMR deputy Industry Minister Alexey Molchansky, deputy Culture and Education Minister Vladimir Nemirovsky, security major general Oleg Fedoseev, RSO Minister of Culture Tamerlan Dzudtsev and RSO deputy Foreign Minister Alan Pliev.

The Transdnistrian-Moldovan Republic Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Simonenko comes to the Republic of South Ossetia within the framework of year of Transdnistrian-Moldovan Republic. This was informed to IA «Res» correspondent by the Deputy of RSO Foreign Minister Alan Pliev.

Asphalting of the Zar road, which is connecting the Republic of South Ossetia with Russia and bypassing Georgian inhabited villages of RSO, temporarily controlled by Tbilisi, will be over at 1 November 2008. This was disclosed by the RSO Chairman of Government Yuri Morozov during his visit to asphalt plant at RSO Djava district.
«Asphalt plant is absolutely new. It was purchased by the contractor with whom we had made a contract for Zar bypass road asphalting. The length of Zar road is 36 km. And till 1 November the asphalt work will be completed»-stated Morozov.

«On 6 June 2008 at 20:25 in the zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict JPKF observation post of RNO-Alania «Ioncha» reported of the flight of AN-2 aircraft without identifying signs»-informed IA «Res» the assistant of JPKF commander on links with media captain Vladimir Ivanov. He has mentioned that «the flight of the aircraft passed beyond the fixed air corridors on the route from the west to east at the height of 1500m».