On 16 September, President of the Republic of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev held a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev, where foreign policy activities of the ministry were discussed in the context of the upcoming 35th anniversary of the Republic of South Ossetia.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev sent a congratulatory message to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua Valdrack Ludwing Jaentschke Whitaker on the occasion of the Independence Day of the Republic of Nicaragua.
The message states, in particular:
September 9 marks the 17th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation.
On 5 September, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A.M. Dzhioev attended a solemn assembly at Tskhinval Secondary School No.3 dedicated to the start of the academic year.
Akhsar Dzhioev greeted the pupils, parents and teachers and wished everyone achievements in the upcoming academic year.
On 4 September, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A.M. Dzhioev received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Republic of South Ossetia A.M. Elbakiev.
On September 3, in Tskhinval, a memorial action took place at the Cathedral Square near the Church of the Nativity of the Blessing Virgin Marry, in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack in Beslan.
The event was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev along with employees of the Ministry.
From September 1 to 3, commemorative events are being held in Ossetia to mark the 21st anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack in Beslan.
On August 31, a delegation from the Republic of South Ossetia, which included Minister of Foreign Affairs A.M. Dzhioev, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Relations Z.N. Driaev, and Head of the Department for cooperation with Foreign Institutions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs A.G. Sanakoev, participated in a solemn farewell ceremony of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Republic of Abkhazia Oleg Botsiev.
On 29 August, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev hosted a meeting with Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia in Italy Mauro Murgia and Head of the Veneto-Russia Association Palmarino Zoccateli, who arrived in Tskhinval on a working visit.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia deeply regrets to announce the untimely passing of Oleg Ilych Botsiev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Republic of Abkhazia.
On 26 August, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev took part in a video conference between Tskhinval, Sukhum and Moscow at the Sputnik South Ossetia press centre, timed to coincide with the Day of Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Abkhazia by Russia.
26 August marks the seventeenth anniversary of the recognition of the state independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation.
