Press releases of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO

A joint news conference of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Dmitrii Medoev and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov dedicated to the 10th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between South Ossetia and Russia was held in the press-center of Sputnik IA on September 7.

The participants of the conference told about development of the interstate relations over the last years and about future joint projects.

A commemoration action in memory of Alexandr Zakharchenko, Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, who had been killed as a result of a terrorist attack, was held by the Representation of the Republic of South Ossetia in Italy on September 3 in Pesaro.

The action took place at the obelisk raised in memory of the Italian guerrillas who were killed by Fascists during the World War II.

September 4, 2018, Tskhinval

A group of deputies of the South Ossetian Oblast Soviet, members of the Soviet of the XX convocation, members of the Parliament of the I convocation, as well as members of the Central Electoral Commission during the Parliamentary elections were awarded by the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatolii BIbilov with a medal “In commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Victory of the Ossetian Nation in the Patriotic War” on August 31.

Pertaining to the 10th Anniversary of Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation

Large scale solemnities, dedicated to the 10th Anniversary of Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation will be held on August 26. This date is entered by gold letters in the historical chronicle of the Ossetian people.

Vyacheslav Bitarov, the Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, hosted a meeting with Riad Haddad, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Russian Federation, in Vladikavkaz on August 23.

Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, participated in the meeting as well.

Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosted a meeting with the Ashot Astabatsyan, the Head of the Representation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Republic of South Ossetia, on August 10.

Issues, related to the work of the ICRC Representation in South Ossetia, in particular humanitarian programs, conducted by the Committee in implementation of its mandate, as well as plans for the nearest period were discussed during the meeting.

Commemorative events dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the military aggression of Georgia against South Ossetia were held in the Republic of South Ossetia on August 7-8.

Similar actions were organized in the embassies of the Republic of South Ossetia in Moscow, Sukhum and Tiraspol.

Georgii Kochity, Director of the Peoples’ Friendship Center of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Tamara Kaytukova, Deputy Director of the Peoples’ Friendship Center of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, members of the Social Council of Vladikavkaz and the Representative of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania in the Republic of Crimea Valerii Savlaev visited the South Ossetian Consular Agency in Vladikavkaz on August 8.

A commemoration action – a prayer service, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Georgian military aggression against the Republic of South Ossetia, was conducted under the auspices of the Representation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia in Italy on August 8 in Pesaro.

At the request of Marat Kulakhmetov, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of South Ossetia, a meeting with Dmitrii Medoev, the South Ossetian Foreign Minister, was held on August 7.

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.