Commemoration events dedicated to the 4th anniversary of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s death are taking place in Caracas on March 5-7, 2017.
A delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia consisting of Alan Kochiev, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Narim Kozaev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, arrived in Caracas upon invitation from the authorities of Venezuela.
South Ossetia paid attention to the tendentious and prejudiced resolution adopted by the U.S. Congress in support of the “territorial integrity” of Georgia. Once again, the bias position of the U.S. congressmen can be judged from the fact that they unreservedly support the position of Georgia and appeal to Russia to “call back recognition of independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia”.
The statement made by Zurab Abashidze, the Georgian Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Relations with Russia, in interview to Starvision TV, in which he expresses his opinion that sooner or later Russia would call back recognition of the independence of South Ossetia, was perceived with certain irony in Tskhinval.
Murat Dzhioev, South Ossetia Foreign Minister, visited Embassy of the Russian Federation to the Republic of South Ossetia and delivered condolences to Elbrus Kargiev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in RSO, on the passing of Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, on February 21, 2017.
Tskhinval, February 21, 2017
February 13, 2017 saw a meeting of Murat Dzhioev, South Ossetia Foreign Minister, with Nalan Antmen, Head of the ICRC mission in South Ossetia, whose mission on the ground is terminating.
The activity conducted by the Mission on territory of the Republic was discussed at the meeting. Head of the Mission informed the Minister about humanitarian programs that currently are under implementation and would be run this year.
The parties exchanged opinions on joint efforts in search of unaccounted for made in framework of the Trilateral Coordination Mechanism.
Q: A meeting of Grigoriy Karasin, State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and Zurab Abashidze, Georgian Prime Minister's Special Representative for Relations with Russia, was held on February 7. Despite the fact that it was a regular meeting in this format, information about its outcome attracted public attention in South Ossetia. What are the reasons of that?
A referendum, where citizens will be able to express their opinion on the rebirth of the ancient name of their country, the State of Alania, will be held in the Republic of South Ossetia on April 9, 2017.
A lot of people in the world, and first of all in friendly countries, hail this decision as a most important act that shows a commitment of South Ossetia to the principles of the democratic system of a state, fundamental right of its people in an confirming the sovereignty and the historical continuity of their state.
Telephone conversation between Murat Dzhioev and Vitaliy Ignatyev, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic, was organized on February 8, 2017.
In the course of conversation were discussed the issues of the further development and intensification of bilateral relations between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic, the unity of opinions and approaches to international cooperation was noted.
Other issues of mutual interest were also discussed.
The decision that was made by the European Parliament on February 2 about provision of visa-free regime to Georgia has caused a boundless euphoria among Georgian authority, which began to offer these benefits to “those citizens of Georgia who live in territories that are not controlled by Georgian central government – in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region”.
Murat Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosted a meeting with Egor Kochiev, Head of Diplomatic Mission of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic in the Republic of South Ossetia, on February 2, 2017.
Couldn't but draw attention to the latest attempts to define “the status of Abkhazia and South Ossetia” once again undertaken in Georgia. This time the issue of their “special status as part of Georgia” was discussed by a constitutional commission of the neighboring state.
The absurd idea about a possibility of a certain “reintegration” and coexistence of South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Georgia within one state is imposed on Georgian society with a persistence that deserves better application.
