Commemorative events, dedicated to the 18th anniversary of the Beslan tragedy are being held in Ossetia on September 1-3. On September 1, 2004, on the Day of Knowledge, terrorists attacked Beslan school №1 and took pupils, their parents and teachers hostage. As a result of the terrorist attack, unprecedented by its violence, 334 people were killed, including 186 children.
At the invitation from the Beslan Mother’s Committee, a delegation from Italy and San Marino is in Beslan on September 1-3, the anniversary of the bloody terrorist attack. The Representation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia in Italy initiated and organized the event.
Akhsar Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, sent a congratulatory letter to David Babayan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh on the occasion of the Independence Day of the Republic of Artsakh.
The letter, in particular, reads:
Akhsar Dzhioev, the South Ossetian Foreign Minister, extended a congratulatory message to Vitalii Ignatiev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pridenstrovian Moldavian Republic, on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the Pridenstrovian Moldavian Republic
The letter, in particular, reads:
Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia participated in the V Global Forum of Young Diplomats, organized by the Council of Young Diplomats of the Russian Foreign Ministry, on August 27 - 29 in Kazan.
August 26 saw the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev hosting a meeting with a delegation from the Donetsk People’s Republic, headed by Sergey Peresada, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Donetsk, who arrived in Tskhinval to participate in the celebrations, dedicated to the 14th anniversary of the recognition of the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation.
August 26 is the day of recognition of the state independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation. The epochal event in the recent history of the Republic, which took place fourteen years ago, was the logical result of the forced longstanding struggle of the people of South Ossetia against permanent aggression by Georgia, victims of which were thousands of defenders and civilians of South Ossetia, while more than a hundred thousand Ossetians became refugees.
August 25 saw the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev hosting a meeting with Alan Pliev, Head of the Official Representation of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic in the Republic of South Ossetia.
Alan Pliev congratulated Akhsar Dzhioev with the appointment to a high position and wished the Minister success at the new responsible post.
On August 25, a press conference of the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev was held in the press centre of the State Committee for Information and Press.
Congratulatory messages on the occasion of the appointment to the post of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia have been received by Akhsar Dzhioev.
On August 23, Akhsar Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetian, hosted a meeting with Marat Kulakhmetov, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of South Ossetia.
On August 22, Akhsar Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetian, hosted a meeting with Alan Elbakiev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Republic of South Ossetia.
