On November 23, South Ossetia celebrates the 34th anniversary of the beginning of the struggle of the South Ossetian people for freedom and the right to live in its land. This is a special date in the history of our Motherland symbolizing unprecedented courage and unity of the nation.
Statements of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO
On November 6, 2023, on the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia adjusted to the frontier with Georgia, close to the village of Amdzarin of the Leningor region of the Republic of South Ossetia, during the actions undertaken by a border patrol while detaining violators of the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia, an incident happened as a result of which one Georgian citizen was injured and later died, another was detained.
Today, the South Ossetian nation celebrates a significant date – the 33rd anniversary of the Day of Proclamation of the Republic.
On September 19, South Ossetia celebrates the National Flag Day.
The flag is one of the most important symbols of the state, along with the Coat of Arms and the anthem.
September 17 marks the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation, which became the first comprehensive basic document that largely defined the principles and priorities of the interstate relations between the two countries.
On August 26, South Ossetia celebrates one of the main state holidays – the Day of Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation.
On March 5, 2013, the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, statesman and politician, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Hugo Jose Rafael Chavez passed away.
The name of Hugo Chavez, a true patriot and a worthy son of the Venezuelan people, who devoted his life to serving his country, is associated with a whole era in the history of the Venezuelan state, the era of the struggle for freedom and a worthy future for its people.
The Co-Chairs of the GID on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia have notified the South Ossetian party about their decision to postpone the coming 57th round of the Discussion that had been scheduled for February until April. Against the existing practice, the decision was undertaken by the Co-Chairs unilaterally, without consultations with the participants.
On September 20 South Ossetia celebrates an important day – the Day of the Republic.
August 26 is the day of recognition of the state independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation. The epochal event in the recent history of the Republic, which took place fourteen years ago, was the logical result of the forced longstanding struggle of the people of South Ossetia against permanent aggression by Georgia, victims of which were thousands of defenders and civilians of South Ossetia, while more than a hundred thousand Ossetians became refugees.
The Republic of South Ossetia expresses its support for the decision of the Russian Federation to conduct the special military operation to protect the residents of Donbass from current nationalist regime of Kiev.
South Ossetia welcomes and expresses full solidarity with the decision of the President of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin on the recognition of state sovereignty and independence of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic.