Prime Minister of Georgia I. Kobakhidze reacted rather emotionally on the position of Moscow, outlined in the comment of the Russian MFA to Izvestia newspaper, regards the resumption of political dialogue between Russia and Georgia and the irrevocability of the decision to recognize the statehood of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which, in Kobakhidze’s opinion is a red line for Georgia.
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On November 30, elections of deputies of the Supreme Council of the VIII convocation, people’s deputies of local Councils and Chairmen of Councils – heads of administrations of villages and towns were held in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. The Central Electoral Committee of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic recognized that the elections have taken place.
On November 28, the Club of Young Diplomats was opened in Albion Gymnasium named after K.L. Khetagurov. Chairman of the Council of Young Diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A.G. Sanakoev and Consultant of the Directorate of Foreign Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia E.P. Valieva attended the opening ceremony.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev extended a congratulatory letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua on the occasion of his birthday.
The letter, in particular, reads:
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A. M. Dzhioev extended a congratulatory letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia O. M. Bartsits on the occasion of the Constitution Day of the Republic of Abkhazia.
The letter, in particular, reads:
On November 23, South Ossetia celebrates the Day of Courage and National Unity, which was officially established by the Decree of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia dated November 23, 2010 in memory of the events of 1989, when several dozens of unarmed young residents of the republic blocked with a human shield the entrance to Tskhinval to a crowd of thousands of Georgian nationalists who tried to enter the city under the guise of “peaceful demonstration”.
On November 21, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, A. M. Dzhioev attended the presentation of the book “The History of the Ossetian Genocide of 1920” by Konstantin Petrovich Pukhaev, a prominent politician and scientist, Candidate of Historical Sciences, which was held at the Z. N. Vaneev South Ossetian Scientific Research Institute and was timed to the Day of Courage and National Unity.
On November 18, the 32nd consolidated report of the CoE Secretary General “Conflict in Georgia” was submitted for consideration at the assembly of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. As it was in previous documents, the report lacks of objective and impartial presentation of the situation in South Ossetia.
On November 17, Georgian media disseminated the comments of the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Sh. Papuashvili and Tbilisi Mayor K. Kaladze regarding the abolition of the so-called temporary administration of South Ossetia.
On November 5, Akhsar Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, participated in the round-table discussion entitled “Unity of a Nation as the Strength of a State”, organized by (the Unity) Political Party, timed to the Day of National Unity.
On November 5, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia with Head of International Department of Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University Margarita Isaakova, who arrived in South Ossetia at the invitation of the Council of Young Diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A. M. Dzhioev extended a congratulatory letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov on the occasion of the Day of National Unity.
The letter, in particular, reads: