On September 3, in Tskhinval, a memorial action took place at the Cathedral Square near the Church of the Nativity of the Blessing Virgin Marry, in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack in Beslan.
The event was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev along with employees of the Ministry.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, Akhsar Dzhioev, sent a congratulatory message to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua Valdrack Ludwing Jaentschke Whitaker on the occasion of the 17th anniversary of the recognition of the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Republic of Nicaragua.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A.M. Dzhioev sent a congratulatory message to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic V.V. Ignatiev on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
The congratulatory message states, in particular:
From September 1 to 3, commemorative events are being held in Ossetia to mark the 21st anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack in Beslan.
On August 31, a delegation from the Republic of South Ossetia, which included Minister of Foreign Affairs A.M. Dzhioev, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Relations Z.N. Driaev, and Head of the Department for cooperation with Foreign Institutions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs A.G. Sanakoev, participated in a solemn farewell ceremony of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Republic of Abkhazia Oleg Botsiev.
On 29 August, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev hosted a meeting with Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia in Italy Mauro Murgia and Head of the Veneto-Russia Association Palmarino Zoccateli, who arrived in Tskhinval on a working visit.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia deeply regrets to announce the untimely passing of Oleg Ilych Botsiev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Republic of Abkhazia.
On 26 August, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev took part in a video conference between Tskhinval, Sukhum and Moscow at the Sputnik South Ossetia press centre, timed to coincide with the Day of Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Abkhazia by Russia.
26 August marks the seventeenth anniversary of the recognition of the state independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation.
On 25 August, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A.M. Dzhioev took part in a round table discussion entitled ‘The Republic of South Ossetia before and after the recognition of its state independence by the Russian Federation,’ organised by the Republican Political Party Unity as part of the celebrations marking the 17th anniversary of the recognition of the state independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev sent a congratulatory letter to the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin on the occasion of his birthday.
The congratulation, in particular, reads:
We drew attention to the statement made by a number of the UN Security Council member-states, which was made after of the closed-door meeting dedicated to the 17th anniversary of the events of August 2008.
