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April 9, 2017 saw presidential elections and the referendum on resumption of the historic name “the State of Alania” that took place in the Republic of South Ossetia.

The elections as well as the referendum were organized on grounds of the Constitution and electoral legislation of the Republic of South Ossetia and in full compliance with fundamental principles of democracy and rules of international law. 5 out of 77 polling stations were opened on territories of diplomatic representations of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia.

Pertaining to the appointment of the Head of the Official Representation of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic

Under the Decree of the Minister of Foreign Affairs dated April 10, 2017 Vitaliy V. Yankovskiy was appointed as Head of the Official Representation of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

Short biodata:

Vitaliy Valentinovich Yankovskiy was born on April 29, 1969.

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Statements of Anna Fotyga, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Security and Defense (SEDE) of the European Parliament, representatives of the U.S. State Department and other institutions where they express “deep concern” over the presidential elections in the Republic of South Ossetia appointed for April 9 and the referendum on resumption of the historic name “the State of Alania”, which will be used alongside with current name of the Republic, diffused by the MFA of Georgia were not left without attention in South Ossetia.

Murat Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosted a meeting with Narim Kozaev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on April 5.

Ambassador Kozaev reported to the Minister about the details of recent visit to Venezuela, where delegates from the Republic participated in commemorating events dedicated to the 4th anniversary of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez’s death.

On April 4 officers of the MFA of the Republic of South Ossetia laid flowers to the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic in commemoration of victims of the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg on April 3.

Citizens of South Ossetia were making floral tribute at the Embassy of the Russian Federation expressing condolences to people of the Russian Federation.

Vitaliy Khasiev, born in South Ossetia, was injured by the attack and for the time being is in hospital in St. Petersburg.

April 5, 2017, Tskhinval

Narim Kozaev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, met with Carlos Rafael Faría Tortosa, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Republic of South Ossetia.

The parties exchanged opinion about the perspectives of bilateral cooperation and development of friendly ties between South Ossetia and Venezuela.

April 3, 2017, Tskhinval

Pertaining to the results of the 39th round of the Geneva International Discussion

March 24 saw the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council adopting the Resolution on Cooperation with Georgia where the absolutely baseless alarm about “human rights and humanitarian situation in South Ossetia” and the impossibility of access of international observers to South Ossetia territory was stated. The document was formulated and submitted at the session by Georgia.

In anticipation of presidential elections and the referendum on resumption of the historic name “the State of Alania” to South Ossetia scheduled for April 9, 2017 a meeting of officers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was organized on March 21, 2017.

The participants discussed the internal political situation in the Republic and once again emphasized the necessity to maintain it within a legal framework.

March 20 saw the parliamentary delegation of the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) accompanied by the State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality visiting Khurvaleti, a Georgian settlement located at the border with the Republic of South Ossetia.

A telephone conversation between Murat Dzhioev, South Ossetia Foreign Minister, and Vitaly Ignatiev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, took place on March 17.

Issues related to the development of the bilateral relation between the two Republics as well as other questions of mutual interest were discussed during the conversation.

Tskhinval, March 17, 2017

The Agreement between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation about the procedures for certain divisions of the RSO Armed Forces entry to the structure of Russian Armed Forces that is currently under preparation for signing caused strong feelings among Georgian political and public community as it allegedly violates “the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Georgia” and “destabilizes the situation in the region”.