On Wednesday, Moscow hosted a meeting between the Ambassador of South Ossetia to Russia Znaur Gassiev and Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova.
According to the press service of the Embassy, a number of issues were discussed during the meeting, in particular, establishing closer contact between The information and analytical Department of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of South Ossetia and the Department of information and press of the Russian foreign Ministry in the interests of interdepartmental cooperation and information support for the development of the South Ossetian-Russian interstate relations.
Znaur Gassiev thanked Maria Zakharova for the comprehensive support provided by the Russian Foreign Ministry to South Ossetia. Maria Zakharova, in turn, has assured Znaur Gassiev that the Department will make all the necessary additional efforts to strengthen the position of the South Ossetian Republic in the international arena.