On December 02, 2022, under the Decree by the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev, Akhsar Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia was conferred a diplomatic rank Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Tskhinval, December 5, 2022
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia expresses its deep condolences to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus in connection with the untimely death of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Vladimirovich Makei.
The decision of the European Parliament to ban the issuance of visas to citizens of the Russian Federation who have received passports in the territories of the new Russian regions, as well as in the Republic of Crimea, the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia is regarded as another unfriendly attack by the countries of the European Union, a gross violation of the fundamental principles of European democracy and, in fact, is blatant discrimination against Russian citizens living in these territories.
On November 23, South Ossetia celebrates the 33rd anniversary of the beginning of the South Ossetian people struggle against Georgian aggression. This is one of the most important memorable dates in the history of South Ossetia, which was declared the Day of Courage and National Unity by the Decree of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on November 23, 2010.
On November 15, a press conference of Akhsar Dzhioev, the South Ossetian Foreign Minister, on the results of his visit to Moscow and the meeting with Sergey Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, was held in the press centre of Sputnik South Ossetia IA.
On November 10, the Honorary Consul of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Far Eastern Federal District of the Russian Federation Ya. A. Demeev participated in a festive reception, organized by the Representation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in Vladivostok on the occasion of the Unity Day.
On November 8, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev visited the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.
A meeting of the South Ossetian delegation at the GID with the Co-chairs of the Discussions, representing the EU, the OSCE and the UN, took place in Tskhinval on November 8.
Issues, related to organizing the forthcoming 57th round of the Discussion, scheduled for February 2023, were discussed during the meeting.
A meeting of Akhsar Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Inal Ardzinba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, took place in Moscow on November 8.
The South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev sent a congratulatory letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov on the occasion of the Unity Day.
The letter, in particular, reads:
November 3, saw Andrey Tskhovrebov, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosted a meeting with Jesús Rafael Salazar Velásquez, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the Republic of South Ossetia, who presented copies of credentials.
Negotiations between the South Ossetian and Russian Foreign Ministers Akhsar Dzhioev and Sergey Lavrov were held in Moscow on November 1.
