Participants of international project Ethnolager 2018 – Trace of the Alans visited the Republic of South Ossetia on July 27-29 and August 5-7.
In framework of the project representatives of the Ossetian communities form Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Germany and France visited South Ossetia.
Upon an invitation from Sadrettin Kusati, Head of the Ossetian community in Turkey, Dmitrii Medoev, the South Ossetian Foreign Minister, visited Istanbul and participated on August 4, 2018 in the second international festival of the Ossetian culture, which was organized with the assistance of Alan, Ossetian diaspora in Turkey.
The jubilee Fifth Young Diplomats Forum, organized by the Board of Young Diplomats under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation with the assistance of the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, was held in Moscow on July 26-27, 2018.
Upon an invitation from the organizers, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, delegates from Abkhazia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan participated in the work of the Forum.
July 29 saw a meeting of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatolii Bibilov with representatives of the Ossetian communities from different counties of the world – the participants of cultural education project Ethnolager 2018 – Trace of the Alans.
Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, participated in the meeting as well.
The official visit of the South Ossetian President Anatolii Bibilov to the Syrian Arab Republic finished on July 25.
An informal meeting of Anatolii Bibilov and Bashar al-Assad, the Presidents of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Syrian Arab Republic, was held on the day of the departure. The two leaders summarized the results of the visit and took leaves.
The President and members of the South Ossetian delegation were seen off at the international airport of Damascus by Walid Muallem, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic.
In framework of the official visit to the Syrian Arab Republic the South Ossetian delegation, headed by President Anatolii Bibilov, met with representatives of the Government and the Parliament of Syria on July 25.
The parties discussed terms of the bilateral cooperation in various focus areas, issues of development and strengthening inter parliamentary ties between the two Republics, and exchanged opinion on certain aspects of mutual interest, related to regional and international politics.
In framework of the official visit to the Syrian Arab Republic the delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia, headed by President Anatolii Bibilov, visit the main sanctuaries of Syria.
Accompanied by Atef Nadda, the Minister for Higher Education, the South Ossetian delegation visited the town of Saidnaya, where the Convent of Our Lady, one of the oldest and biggest monasteries, which was found in 547, is located.
In framework of the official visit to the Syrian Arab Republic a meeting of the South Ossetian President Anatolii Bibilov with representatives of the Ossetian community in Syria was held on July 24.
On behalf of the delegation of South Ossetia Anatolii Bibilov welcomed the compatriots and expressed satisfaction with the fact that the Ossetians, who live in Syria, play important role in life of their second Motherland, enjoy well-deserved respect, but alongside with this do not lose interest in their historical land.
The jubilee Young Diplomats Forum of CIS countries, organized by the Board of Young Diplomats under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation with the assistance of the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund will take place on July 26-27 in Moscow.
Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia will participate in the Forum among delegates from other states.
In framework of the official visit to the Syrian Arab Republic the delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia, headed by President Anatolii Bibilov, laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Damascus.
The South Ossetian President Bibilov, accompanied by Higher Education Minister Atef Nadda and the Guard of Honor laid a wreath in colors of the South Ossetian flag to the military memorial, raised in honor of the Syrian army soldiers, killed in various battles.
In framework of the official visit to the Syrian Arab Republic negotiations between Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Bashar al-Assad, the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, were held on July 23 in the Presidential Palace in Damascus.
The meeting continued in an extended format with the participation of representatives of both states.
Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, arrived on an official visit to the Syrian Arab Republic on July 23.
Igor Kozaev, Chief of Administration of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, Dmitrii Medoev, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ibragim Gasseev, Minister for Defence, Alan Tadtaev, Minister for Civil Defense, Emergency Management and Natural Disasters Response, and Gennadii Kokoev, the Minister of Economic Development, are members of the South Ossetian official delegation.
