On 15 October, by Decree of President of the Republic of South Ossetia M.A. Kambolov, Akhsar Muratovich Dzhioev was appointed to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia.
15 October 2026
Press releases of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO
Dear citizens,
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia announces, with effect from 7 October 2026, a competition for inclusion in the personnel reserve of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia for filling positions in the principal and leading groups of the state civil service.
On 5 October, a press conference was held at the press centre of the Committee for Information and Press by Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev, following his meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.
On 5 October, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia between Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Republic of Nicaragua and to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Narim Kozaev.
On 1 October, a trilateral meeting was held in Moscow between Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Oleg Bartsits.
On 1 October, a meeting was held in Moscow between Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov.
On 29 September, a meeting was held between Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A. Dzhioev and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua V. L. Jaentschke Whitaker, who arrived in Tskhinval at the head of a delegation to attend the official inauguration ceremony of President of the Republic of South Ossetia M. Kambolov.
On 29 September, South Ossetian Foreign Minister A. Dzhioev met with J. R. Salazar Velasquez, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the Russian Federation, who had arrived in Tskhinval to attend the inauguration ceremony of M. Kambolov as President of the Republic of South Ossetia.
On 23 September, a meeting was held in Moscow between Konstantin Kochiyev, State Adviser to the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, who heads the South Ossetian delegation to the International Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia (IDST), and Mikhail Galuzin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and Oleg Bartsits, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia.
On 18–20 September, citizens of the Russian Federation permanently residing in, or present in, the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia on the day of voting cast their ballots in the elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the ninth convocation.
Today, a significant date is marked in South Ossetia – the 36th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic.
On 18 September, early elections of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia were held in the Republic of South Ossetia.
The elections were held in full compliance with the electoral legislation of the Republic of South Ossetia and international norms. Voting took place at 75 polling stations, 5 of which were opened outside the Republic.