The South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev sent a congratulatory letter to Foreign Minister of Venezuela Yvan Gil Pinto on the occasion of the 240th anniversary of the birth of the national hero of Venezuela Simon Bolivar.
The letter, in particular, reads:
"For the peoples of Latin America and, in particular, Venezuela, an entire era is associated with the name of Simon Bolivar, marked by fateful events that brought freedom from colonial dependence.