Press releases of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO

On March 21, a meeting between the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev with the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. 

The parties exchanged opinion on relevel issues of the bilateral relations, including coordination of foreign policy and extension of international ties of the Republic. 

The upcoming joint work in framework of the next round of the GID on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia, scheduled for the beginning of April, was raised. 

On March 18, a press conference of Akhsar Dzhioev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, was held in the press center of the State Committee for Information and Press.

Today commemorative events, dedicated to the 33rd anniversary of the Commemorative events dedicated to the 33rd anniversary of the horrific tragedy that occurred near the village of Yered were held in the Republic of South Ossetia today.

On March 15-17, citizens of the Russian Federation, who permanently reside or stayed on the day of voting in the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia, took part in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation.

The events of the “Crimean Spring” of 2014 and the results of the all-Crimean referendum, conducted on March 16, 2014 in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and in the city of Sevastopol, at which in compliance with the international legislation and the UN Charter the residents of Crimea freely supported the issue of reunification with Russia as a subject of the Russian Federation, became the act of restoration of the historical justice.

On March 15, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Republic of Abkhazia Oleg Botsiev participated in a flower-laying ceremony held in the Sukhum Park of Glory in commemoration of the soldiers, who fell in the March 1993 offensive operation.

On March 15, in Tskhinval, a meeting was held between members of the delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia at the Gevena International Discussions with the Co-Chairs of the GID, representing the EU, the OSCE and the UN.

On March 13, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev visited a presentation of the book “Philosophy. Culture. Religion”, written by Sonya Khubaeva, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the A. Tibilov South Ossetian State University.

On March 11, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A. Dzhioev took part in a round table, dedicated to the presidential elections in Russia, which was organized by the South Ossetian State Committee for Information and Press.

On March 1-7, employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia participated in work of the VII Global Forum of Young Diplomats “Diplomacy in the Era of a Multipolar World”, which was held at the sidelines of the World Youth Festival in “Sirius”.

Congratulatory letters addressed to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A. Dzhioev on the occasion of his birthday arrived from Minster of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia I. Ardzinba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic V. Ignatiev, Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic D. Pushilin, Ambassador Extraordinary of Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, heads of South Ossetian representation

On February 23, the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev and employees of the Foreign Ministry participated in the solemn ceremony of laying flowers and wreaths at the Monument to the Defenders of the Fatherland and at the chapel of the Memorial Cemetery in the courtyard of secondary school No. 5. The ceremony was timed to the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland and the anniversary of the creation of the South Ossetian Ministry of Defense.