On 3 June, the South Ossetian delegation to the International Discussions on Security and Stability in the Transcaucasia held a working meeting with the Co-Chairs of the Discussions from the EU, OSCE and UN in Tskhinval.
During the meeting the pressing issues of the agenda of the forthcoming 64th round of the Discussions scheduled for 25-26 June were discussed in detail.
On 29 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A. M. Dzhioev and employees of the Ministry took part in the ceremony of laying flowers to the bust of the first leader of the Republic TorezKulumbegov, dedicated to the 33rd anniversary of the adoption of the Act of Proclamation of Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia sent a congratulatory message to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of mutual recognition and establishment of diplomatic relations between South Ossetia and Syria.
The congratulatory message states, in particular:
On 29 May the Republic of South Ossetia celebrates the 33rd anniversary of the adoption of the Act of Proclamation of Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia.
On 27 May, a video conference was held at the South Ossetian State University named after A. A. Tibilov with the participation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A. M. Dzhioev and the Representative Office of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Donetsk.
Dear friends!
I congratulate you on Diplomatic Worker Day!
Diplomatic service has always been a symbol of high responsibility and patriotism. In conditions of complicated international situation the activity of the foreign policy department of the Republic of South Ossetia acquires special importance, playing a key role in promoting national interests and defending the sovereignty of the country.
Q: Akhsar Muratovich, the Foreign Ministry celebrates its 33rd anniversary. Tell us, please, about the history of the South Ossetian diplomatic institution.
A:On May 28, the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry celebrates the 33rd anniversary, and the establishment of the Ministry is inextricably linked with the formation of our state.
On May 25, parliamentary and regional elections were held in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. According to the results, released by the National Electoral Council, the Great Patriotic Pole coalition, which includes the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, won the absolutely majority – 23 out of 24state governor positions in the National Assembly and the majority in regional councils with a 42.6% turnout.
On 26 May, a friendly mini-football match took place between the teams of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia, organized by the Council of Young Diplomats under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia.
On May 20, 1992, a convoy of peaceful Ossetian citizens who were trying to escape from the besieged Tskhinval, was despicably and inhumanly shot down at point-blank range from an ambush by armed Georgian militants on the Zar “road of life”.
On May 19, in Moscow, a meeting was held between the State Councilor of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Konstantin Kochiev, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin and Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia Odyssey Bigvava.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A. M. Dzhioev extended a congratulatory letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia.
The letter, in particular, reads:
