Press releases of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO

Murat Dzhioev, the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, heading South Ossetian mission, organized a working meeting with the Co-Chairmen of the Geneva International Discussions representing the EU, OSCE and the UN, who arrived to Tskhinval within a visit anticipating the coming round of the Discussions.

Each subject area that will be under negotiation on the coming 30th round of the discussions, which are planned for December, was talked over.

On October 29 D. G. Sanakoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, received Jan Mishkots, the new Head of the ICRC mission in South Ossetia.

Current terms of bilateral cooperation and further activity of the organization in South Ossetia were discussed. The Minister marked the importance of the work carried out by the ICRC in the Republic and expressed words of gratitude for the implemented projects.

Concerning the results of the 29th round of the Geneva International Discussions

Regular round of the Geneva International Discussions was held on October 7-8, 2014 in Geneva. Official mission from South Ossetia, headed by Murat Dzhioev, the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, missions from Abkhazia, Georgia, Russia, the USA as well as representatives of the EU, the UN and OSCE took part in negotiations.

David Sanakoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, received Chingiz Rayimbekov, a delegate from the Tskhinval office of the Defense Department of the International Committee of the Red Cross on September, 14.

Terms of the ICRC activity in South Ossetia were discussed. Mr. Rayimbekov reported on the results of the work conducted by the mission in South Ossetia for the last months. An exchange of opinions on a number of issues of mutual interest took place.

September 24, 2014, Tskhinval

On a telephone conversation between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia and the secretary of state – the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The 5th annual conference organized by Russian residents in South Ossetia was held in Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of South Ossetia on September, 16. The main subject of the conference was "The multi-vector humanitarian course of Russia in the “near abroad” and Russian compatriots in South Ossetia".

Ossetian mission on the Geneva International Discussions headed by Murat Dzhioev, the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, played host to the Co-chairmen of the Discussions, who visited the Republic on September, 16, 2014.

Issues concerning preparation for the forthcoming 29th round of the Discussions that is going to be held on October, 7-8, 2014 have been talked over.

Concerning the results of the 31st round of the Geneva International Discussions

Regular round of the Geneva International Discussions was held on March 17-18, 2015 in Geneva. Official mission from South Ossetia, headed by Murat Dzhioev, the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, missions from Abkhazia, Georgia, Russia, the USA as well as representatives of the EU, the UN and OSCE took part in negotiations.

David Sanakoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosted a meeting with Jan Mishkots, the Chief Representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Republic of South Ossetia, on February, 26 in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

David Sanakoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, took part in a news conference that was held within the project “Open government” and run in the press center of the State Committee on Information and Press on February, 25.

“The Agreement on the frontier between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation” has been signed on February 18, 2015 in Moscow. The ceremony took place within the official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia D. G. Sanakoev to the capital of the Russian Federation. The agreement was signed by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs - D. G. Sanakoev on South Ossetian side and S. V. Lavrov on Russian side.

A monument dedicated to a participant of the Civil war in Spain (1936-1939), a national hero of the USSR and the prototype of the central character of the world known novel "For whom the bell tolls" written by Ernest Hemingway Haji-Umar D. Mamsurov was opened on February, 16 in Fuenlabrad.

D.G. Sanakoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, an official mission from North Ossetia headed by the President of the Republic Taimuraz Mamsurov, Khadzhi-Umar's daughter Asya and grandson Sergio Hernandez took part in the monument’s official opening ceremony.