From September 1 to 3, commemorative events are being held in Ossetia to mark the 21st anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack in Beslan.
Press releases of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO
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.
On 25 August, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A.M. Dzhioev took part in a round table discussion entitled ‘The Republic of South Ossetia before and after the recognition of its state independence by the Russian Federation,’ organised by the Republican Political Party Unity as part of the celebrations marking the 17th anniversary of the recognition of the state independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation.
On August 14, on the day of the beginning of the Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia 1992-1993, prayer services were served in the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Holy Trinity Church in Tskhinval in memory of civilians and the fallen defenders of the Fatherland. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A.M. Dzhioev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Republic of South Ossetia A.M. Elbakiev attended the services.
On August 8, commemorative events, dedicated to the 17th anniversary of the beginning of the armed aggression of Georgia against South Ossetia were also held outside the Republic.
On August 7-8, commemorative events, dedicated to the 17th anniversary of the beginning of Georgia’s armed aggression against South Ossetia were held in the Republic of South Ossetia.
Commemorative events dedicated to the 17th anniversary of the armed aggression of Georgia against South Ossetia will be held in the Republic of South Ossetia on August 7-8.
On August 5, the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev hosted a meeting with the Head of the ICRC Mission in the Republic of South Ossetia Said Assadullah and the Head of Protection Department of the ICRC Mission in the Republic of South Ossetia Marco Dosljak.
A number of practical issues related to implementation of humanitarian projects of the Mission in South Ossetia as well as relevant aspects of cooperation were discussed during the meeting.