On January 27, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation Znaur Gassiev headed the column of more than 25 heads of diplomatic missions and representatives of 44 states at the Piskariovskoye Cemetery in a solemn wreath-laying ceremony dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the complete lifting the Nazi Siege of Leningrad.
On January 23, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Republic of Abkhazia Oleg Botsiev participated in work of the round table, organized on the occasion with the 31st anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Friendship and Cooperation between the Republic of Abkhazia and the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic by the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Official Representation of the Pridenstrovian Mol
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev extended a note of condolences to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov in connection with the terrorist act in Donetsk.
On January 12-15, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Republic of Nicaragua Narim Kozaev visited to Republic of Nicaragua.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A.M. Dzhioev congratulated Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Republic of South Ossetia Alan Elbakiev on the occasion of his jubilee.
The congratulatory letter, in particular, states:
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V. Lavrov congratulated Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A.M. Dzhioev on the coming New Year.
The congratulatory letter, in particular, says:
In 2023, in accordance with the designated tasks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its foreign agencies continued their work to defend and promote national interests of South Ossetia, to strengthen and develop mutually beneficial cooperation with the states with which South Ossetia had established diplomatic relations, as well as to expand international contacts.
December 22 saw a friendly online rapid chess tournament held between junior chess teams of South Ossetia and Nicaragua.
The South Ossetian Foreign Ministry was initiator of the online tournament, which was organized at the premises of the Russian House in Tskhinval.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia extended a congratulatory letter to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Nauru on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Nauru.
On December 15, in Moscow, the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev met with the State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Dmitry Mezentsev.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A.M. Dzhioev sent a note with words of sincere sympathy and solidarity to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia I.B. Ardzinba on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Lata Tragedy.
The note, in particular, states:
On December 13, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev attended the event, dedicated to celebration of the 79th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Nicaragua and the Russian Federation, organized in Moscow.
