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August 27 saw Anatoliy Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosting meetings with the official delegations from Karachaevo-Circassia Republic, the Republic of Abkhazia, the Pridnestrivian Moldavian Republic and the Donetsk People’s Republic, which arrived in Tskhinval on the occasion of the festivities, dedicated to the Day of Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation.

Dmitriy Medoev, South Ossetian Foreign Minister, participated in the meetings.

A solemn assembly entitled “I couldn’t imagine myself without Russia, without its love or without my love” dedicated to the 9th Anniversary of the Day of Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation was organized in Tskhinval on August 26.

Speech of Anatoliy Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, at the solemn assembly entitled “I couldn’t imagine myself without Russia, without its love or without my love”

My fellow citizens!

Anatoliy Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosted a meeting with Vyacheslav Bitarov, the Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, heading the delegation of North Ossetia, which arrived in Tskhinval on the occasion of the festivities, dedicated to the Day of the Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia, on August 26, 2017.

Festivities dedicated to the 9th anniversary of the recognition of the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation are taking place in the Republic on August 26.

The correct and fateful decision taken by Dmitriy Medvedev, the President of the Russian Federation, nine years ago gave the Republic the chance for stable development, and after two decades of ethnical cleanings, which culminated in the barbarous action of the Tbilisi regime in August 2008, provided guarantees of security against other attempts of military aggression from Georgian side.

A round table entitled “Nine years of the Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation: Expectations and Realities”, organized in framework of the festivities, dedicated to the Day of the Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation, took place in Tskhinval on August 25.

The President of the Republic of South Ossetia, members of the government, public figures, political scientists, experts and journalists were invited to the round table.

Video conference of Dmitriy Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, broadcasted in Tskhinval, Moscow and Sukhum, was organized in the press center of Sputnik South Ossetia in anticipation of the 9th Anniversary of the Recognition of the Independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by Russia on August 25.

Вопрос: August 18 saw Ian Kelly, the US Ambassador to Georgia, visiting Ergneti, a Georgian village adjacent to the border with the Republic of South Ossetia, where he claimed that “occupation will not last, that barbed wire will not stand”. How can you comment on that?

— Mr. Medoev, did you expect your appointment as the Minister of Foreign Affairs or in other words, was there any agreement between you and the President during the presidential campaign?

August 12, 2017 saw a meeting Anatoliy Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Vyacheslav Bitarov, the Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, with the participants of Ethnolager 2017, a summer cultural and educational course, organized in framework of the international project “Trace of the Alans”. Dmitriy Medoev, the South Ossetian Foreign Minister, participated in the meeting, which was organized in the village of Nar.

The leaders of the Republics welcomed the guests.

Commemoration events, dedicated to the 9th anniversary of Georgian military aggression against the Republic of South Ossetia, were organized in Italy on August 8, 2017.

The attendees who came to Piazza Collenuccio in Pesaro observed a minute of silence in tribute to the memory of numerous victims of the Georgian aggression.

Commemoration events, dedicated to the 9th anniversary of Georgian military aggression against the Republic of South Ossetia, are being hold in the Republic on August 7-8.

The tragic events, which happened nine years ago, will remain an open wound in the heart of the Ossetian people.

Large-scale joint military exercises of NATO and partners of the Alliance Noble Partner 2017, which are characterized by an unprecedented increase in the military potential involved, started in Georgia for the third time on July 30, 2017.

About 3 000 military servicemen from Georgia, the USA, the Great Britain, Germany, Turkey, Slovenia, Ukraine and Armenia are participating in the drills, foreign heavy military equipment and aircraft have been brought to the territory of Georgia. The Vice President of the USA participated in the opening ceremony of the drills.