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.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev sent a congratulatory letter to the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin on the occasion of his birthday.
The congratulation, in particular, reads:
We drew attention to the statement made by a number of the UN Security Council member-states, which was made after of the closed-door meeting dedicated to the 17th anniversary of the events of August 2008.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A.M. Dzhioev extended a congratulatory letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Yvan Gil on the occasion of his birthday.
The note, in particular, reads:
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.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A. M. Dzhioev extended a note to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia O. M. Bartsits in connection with the Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of the Fatherland.
The note, in particular, reads:
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.
The statements voiced by Georgian Prime Minister I. Kobakhidze on the day of commemoration of hundreds of victims of Georgia’s aggression against South Ossetia in August 2008 sound cynical. The fact that Georgia initiated armed intervention to South Ossetia and attacked the peacekeepers, who were acting in accordance with international agreements, is a well-known fact, confirmed by the independent EU commission headed by a Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini, which the official Tbilisi is trying to conceal.
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic A.P. Statsyuk extended a note to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A.M. Dzhioev in connection with the Day of commemoration of the victims of Georgia’s aggression against South Ossetia.
The note, in particular, reads:
