In conclusion of the official visit to the Republic of Srpska and Belgrade Anatolii Bibilov, the South Ossetian President, and members of the South Ossetian delegation visited the Church of Saint Sava in Belgrade on January 12, 2018.
Father Stefan, the Beneficiary of the Church, told the guests about the history of construction and reconstruction of the main sanctuary of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
On January 11 in the White Palace, the residence of Serbian royal dynasty, Crown Prince Alexander II Karadjordjevic and Crown Princess Katherine hosted a meeting with the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatolii Bibilov.
The President thanked the royal couple for hospitality and warm reception, told about certain aspects of the Ossetian history, which is inextricably bound up with the history of Russia and Russian people, and assured of the inviolability of the historic alliance between Ossetia and Russia.
Following the agreements reached at the meeting of the South Ossetian President Anatolii Bibilov and the President of the Republic of Srpska, which took place in framework of the official visit of President Bibilov to Banja Luka, Gela Valiev, Council of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, was appointed as the Representative of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Republic of Srpska.
Appointment of the Representative of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Republic of Srpska will promote, first of all, development of bilateral cooperation in cultural and humanitarian spheres.
January 11, 2018 saw a meeting of Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, with Ljubisa Cosic, Head of East Sarajevo municipality.
During the meeting the parties discussed issues of development of friendly relations and ways of cooperation between Tskhinval and East Sarajevo, in particular in spheres of education and culture. The parties expressed readiness to promote establishment and strengthening of inter-municipal cooperation.
Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, and members of the South Ossetian delegation laid a wreath to the monument “Twelve Stars”, located in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Banja Luka on January 10, 2018.
The monument was raised in commemoration of the 12 children who died because of the lack of oxygen in the intensive care unit of the maternity hospital of Banja Luka in 1992 and reminds of the newborns who were cut off lives.
In framework of the official visit to the Republic of Srpska a meeting of Milorad Dodik, the President of the Republic of Srpska, and Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, took place on January 10, 2018.
The parties discussed the perspectives of development of the bilateral cooperation in general and interaction in cultural and humanitarian spheres in particular. The Presidents exchanged opinion on current international problems and talked about certain issues of mutual interest.
Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, heading the South Ossetian delegation, participated in the festive events, dedicated to the 26th Anniversary of the Republic of Srpska on January 26, 2018.
The official program of celebrations began with the laying of a wreath at the memorial to the Serbs who died in the Bosnian Wars in 1990-s.
On the occasion of the holiday a traditional military parade was held at the Square of Krajina.
January 9, 2018 saw the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatolii Bibilov and members of the South Ossetian official delegation attending the festive liturgy in honor of the Holy First-Martyr and Archdeacon Stefan, the patron saint of the Republic of Srpska, served by His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Banja Luka.
The official visit of Anatolii Biblov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, to the Republic of Srpska has started.
On January 8, 2018 the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatolii Biblov arrived in Belgrade.
Mladjen Cicovic, Representative of the Republic of Srpska in Serbia, and Dusko Perovic, Representative of the Republic of Srpska in the Russian Federation, welcomed the official delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Belgrade's international airport named after Nikola Tesla.
Upon an invitation from Milorad Dodik, the President of the Republic of Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, will participate in the festivities, dedicated to the Day of the Republic of Srpska, in framework of his official visit to the Republic of Srpska on January 8-13, 2018.
Igor Kozaev, Chief of Administration of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, Dmitrii Medoev, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Gela Valiev, Council of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, are among members of the official delegation.
Exchange of ratifications of the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership signed between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic took place in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia on December 22, 2017.
Andrey Tskhovrebov, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Egor Kochiev, Head of Diplomatic Mission of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic in the Republic of South Ossetia signed the Protocol on exchange of ratifications of the Treaty.
Pertaining to the results of the 42ndround of the Geneva International Discussions
December 12-13, 2017 saw a regular round of the Geneva International Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia. A delegation from the Republic of South Ossetia, headed by Murat Dzhioev, the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, delegations from the Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, the Russian Federation and the USA as well as representatives of the EU, the UN and the OSCE took part in negotiations.
