Comment of the RSO Foreign Ministry concerning the report of the Swedish parliamentarian Tina Aketoft
January 21, 2013 in Strasbourg started the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), where January 23, the Swedish MP Tina Aketoft made a report "Georgia and Russia: the humanitarian situation in the areas affected by the conflict and war."
Resolution of the PACE adopted today at the session on the report of the Swedish deputy Tina Aketoft "Georgia and Russia: the humanitarian situation in the areas affected by the conflict and military operations," in principle, does not contain anything new- the same old accents, the same misconceive of the real situation.
Ilia II's visit to Russia should be seen not only in the light of relations between Russia and Georgia, but also in light of the situation in Georgia, said IA "Res" a coordinator of the working group of the Center for Central Asia and Caucasus Institute of Oriental Studies, Alexander Skakov.
These days is being held a visit of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II to Russia. In South Ossetia the attitude towards Ilya II is adequate to his attitude to South Ossetia. Correspondent of IA "Res" asked the Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev to comment on the visit.
December 21, 1991 was adopted the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia. This was an important political step in the establishment of statehood of the Republic of South Ossetia. The IA "Res" correspondent asked a deputy of the Supreme Soviet first convocation of the Republic of South Ossetia, Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev to comment on the significance of adoption of this document.
Georgian authorities have taken a breather in the extremist and militarist rhetoric, which they are trying to replace by common theme of economic cooperation and integration.
As the news agency "Res" has been reported by a spokesman of the Association of Border Cooperation in Central Asia and the Caucasus Mikhail Chernov, commenting on the meeting of Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karasin with the Prime Minister of Georgia Z.I.Abashidze, "The exchange of views between Russia and Georgia – it is good. Previously, these meetings were less constructive. They were due to start and have just started".
National Olympic Committee of Georgia expressed a protest to the organizers of the Olympics Games in London, because they had published dossiers of the athletes on their site with mentioning the birthplace of the Russian national team member Besik Kudukhov as South Ossetia, the birthplace of another Russian athlete, Dennis Tsargush - Gudauta and next to the words of South Ossetia and Gudauta in parentheses is added "Russia."
NOC of Georgia is demanding the "immediate revision of the two athletes’ biographies with correction in their birthplace column as Georgia."
In South Ossetia this statement of Georgia has caused, at least, perplexity. The representatives of South Ossetian and Russian experts have commented on the statement of the Georgian NOC to IA "Res".
Comment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia due to the Georgian Foreign Ministry statement
A statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, issued July 16, 2012, expressed concern about the visit of Commander-in- Chief of the RF Land Forces, Colonel-General Vladimir Chirkin, to South Ossetia, who allegedly "in violation of the state border of Georgia arrived in the regions of Georgia, occupied by Russia, -Abkhazia and the Tskhinval region".
Comment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia with regard to adoption of the UN resolution on refugees
July 3, 2012 The UN General Assembly approved a draft resolution "Situation with the Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and Tskhinval district / South Ossetia, Georgia",put to the vote by Georgia.
Promises of Georgia about a higher education in the West, when receiving the "neutral passports" is a continuation of the Georgian humanitarian intervention, not only in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, but also in the North Caucasus, and, in general, in the Russian Federation.