- Mr. Medoev, 9 years have passed since the recognition of the independence of South Ossetia by Russia. What has been done for the international recognition of South Ossetia throughout these years? What are your plans for the nearest future?
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The official delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia, headed by Igor Kozaev, the Chief of Administration of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, which was heading to Tiraspol to participate in the festivities dedicated to the 27th Anniversary of the Day of Republic of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, was denied entry to the Republic of Moldova by border guards of the Republic of Moldova on August 31.
Dmitriy Medoev, South Ossetian Foreign Minister, participated in the celebratory assembly, which took place in Tskhinval secondary school №6 named after Eduard Bekoev, on September 1.
Dmitriy Medoev congratulated the children, parents and teachers on the Knowledge Day and wished them success in the new school year.
In his congratulation speech the Minister marked that without any doubt the teaching staff plays the most important role in the process of education. Competent and educated youth is the future of South Ossetia.
Tskhinval, September 1, 2017
Georgian border guards placed at Russian-Georgian border denied entry to Georgia for Russian citizens of Ossetian origin, natives of settlement Kob, who were going to their native village to celebrate a religious holiday. Without explanation, deportation stamps, banning from entry for five years, were placed in their passports, and later, with reference to an order of a higher official, it has been cynically stated that “not a single Ossetian would ever enter the territory of village Kob”.
August 27 saw Anatoliy Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosting meetings with the official delegations from Karachaevo-Circassia Republic, the Republic of Abkhazia, the Pridnestrivian Moldavian Republic and the Donetsk People’s Republic, which arrived in Tskhinval on the occasion of the festivities, dedicated to the Day of Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation.
Dmitriy Medoev, South Ossetian Foreign Minister, participated in the meetings.
A solemn assembly entitled “I couldn’t imagine myself without Russia, without its love or without my love” dedicated to the 9th Anniversary of the Day of Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation was organized in Tskhinval on August 26.
Speech of Anatoliy Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, at the solemn assembly entitled “I couldn’t imagine myself without Russia, without its love or without my love”
My fellow citizens!
Anatoliy Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosted a meeting with Vyacheslav Bitarov, the Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, heading the delegation of North Ossetia, which arrived in Tskhinval on the occasion of the festivities, dedicated to the Day of the Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia, on August 26, 2017.
Festivities dedicated to the 9th anniversary of the recognition of the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation are taking place in the Republic on August 26.
The correct and fateful decision taken by Dmitriy Medvedev, the President of the Russian Federation, nine years ago gave the Republic the chance for stable development, and after two decades of ethnical cleanings, which culminated in the barbarous action of the Tbilisi regime in August 2008, provided guarantees of security against other attempts of military aggression from Georgian side.
A round table entitled “Nine years of the Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation: Expectations and Realities”, organized in framework of the festivities, dedicated to the Day of the Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation, took place in Tskhinval on August 25.
The President of the Republic of South Ossetia, members of the government, public figures, political scientists, experts and journalists were invited to the round table.
Video conference of Dmitriy Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, broadcasted in Tskhinval, Moscow and Sukhum, was organized in the press center of Sputnik South Ossetia in anticipation of the 9th Anniversary of the Recognition of the Independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by Russia on August 25.
Вопрос: August 18 saw Ian Kelly, the US Ambassador to Georgia, visiting Ergneti, a Georgian village adjacent to the border with the Republic of South Ossetia, where he claimed that “occupation will not last, that barbed wire will not stand”. How can you comment on that?
— Mr. Medoev, did you expect your appointment as the Minister of Foreign Affairs or in other words, was there any agreement between you and the President during the presidential campaign?