Narim Kozaev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Republic of Nicaragua, took part in inauguration ceremony of Daniel Ortega that took place in Revolution Square in Managua on January 10, 2017.
On the occasion of the inauguration the Ambassador handed the President of the Republic of Nicaragua a greeting message from Leonid Tibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia.
The message reads as follows:
December 30 saw a meeting of officers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where Murat Dzhioev, Head of the Ministry, summarized the achievements of 2016 and set tasks for the coming 2017 year.
According to the Minister, year 2016 was rather fruitful for the MFA, as in general, all tasks set by the President of the Republic of South Ossetia and the ruling legislation have been accomplished.
The main objective for the Ministry is development and strengthening of further mutually beneficial cooperation with the states South Ossetia has established diplomatic relations with.
Under the Decree of Leonid Tibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, Moris Sanakoev, the Consular agent of the Republic of South Ossetia in Vladikavkaz, was conferred a diplomatic rank Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary on December 7, 2016.
December 19, 2016, Tskhinval
Pertaining to the results of the 38th round of the Geneva International Discussions
South Ossetia party, headed by Murat Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, is participating in the 38th round of the Geneva International Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia that is taking place on December 13-14, 2016.
December 13 saw bilateral consultations between South Ossetia party and representatives of international organizations and trilateral consultations between delegations of the Republic of South Ossetia, the Republic of Abkhazia and the Russian Federation.
A regular session of the OSCE Council of Ministers took place in Hamburg on December 8-9, 2016. The session saw a group of states-friends of Georgia circulating a statement containing appeals to Russia to call back recognition of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Abkhazia, appeals for “peaceful solution of the conflict” and reorganizing in Georgia “a full-scale OSCE mission”.
Murat Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosted a meeting with Oleg Botsiev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Republic of Abkhazia, on December 7, 2016.
The Ambassador reported to the Minister about the work conducted by the Embassy, aimed at development of the bilateral cooperation in accordance with the reached agreements.
December 7, 2016, Tskhinval
December 6 saw Murat Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, hosting a meeting with Marat Kulakhmetov, Counselor of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia.
November 24, 2016 saw the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia publishing another quarterly report “on the Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Regions of Georgia”, covering this time the period from July to September of the current year.
The document differs slightly form previous “reports” and completely corresponds to Georgian logic of deliberately creating negative images of states neighboring to Georgia – the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Abkhazia.
Murat Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosted a meeting with Dusan Ignjatovic, an independent international exert, who, upon the OSCE invitation, has been participating in search of the missing citizens of South Ossetia, lost as a result of Georgian aggression.
Terms of the expert further steps made in clarifying the destiny of the missing people were discussed during the meeting.
Mauro Murgia, representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia in Italy, met with Alberto Drudi, the Chair of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pezarro-Urbino.
Possibilities of commercial and industrial cooperation with South Ossetia as well as other terms of mutual interest were discussed during a meeting.
Mr.Murgia invited the Chair to the Republic of South Ossetia.
November 25, 2016, Tskhinval
Murat Dzhioev, South Ossetia Foreign Minister and the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, heading South Ossetia delegation at the Geneva International Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia, hosted a meeting with the Co-Chairs of the Discussions representing the EU, the OSCE and the UN, who arrived to the Republic on November 22 in anticipation of the coming 38th round of the Discussions.
The agenda of the round scheduled for December 13-14, 2016 was discussed during the meeting.
