On 13 July 2009, the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev was paying a visit to South Ossetia. He arrived with his first working visit in Tskhinval upon the invitation of the RSO President Eduard Kokoity.
A meeting between the RF President Dmitry Medvedev and RSO President Eduard Kokoity was held. During the meeting which was held in friendly and constructive atmosphere, issues related to further development of relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Ossetia, reconstruction of South Ossetia after the armed aggression of Georgia and perspectives for inter-governmental cooperation in various sectors were discussed.
Dmitry Medvedev visited the Memorial Cemetery in Tskhinval in memory of those killed during the Georgian-Ossetian conflict. He had a site visit to the town districts destroyed during the Georgian aggression against South Ossertia in August 2008.
Tskhinval, 13 July 2009
