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South Ossetia National awards ceremony took place in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September, 25.

Upon recommendation of the Foreign Minister, under the President Decree, Madina Valieva, Counsellor of International Cooperation Department of South Ossetia Foreign Ministry, and Akhsar Dzhioev, Counsellor of South Ossetia Embassy in the Russian Federation, were awarded with medals “In commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Republic of South Ossetia”.

 

September 25, 2015, Tskhinval

 

Kazbulat Tskhovrebov, South Ossetia Foreign Minister, hosted a meeting with representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Republic of South Ossetia on September, 25.

Terms of further activity conducted by the committee on territory of the Republic were discussed.

Jan Mishkots, the Chief Representative of the ICRC, informed about termination of his mission in South Ossetia and expressed gratitude to the Republic authorities for provision of requisite working conditions and introduced Nalan Antmen, the new Head of Mission.

Pertaining to the results of an official visit of South Ossetia delegation to the Moldovan Transdniestrian Republic

Kazbulat Tskhovrebov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Igor Kochiev, Foreign Policy and Inter Parliamentary Relations Committee Chairman, went on an official visit to Tiraspol and participated in ceremonies dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of the Moldovan Transdniestrian Republic on September 1-3, 2015.

Murat Dzhioev, the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, heading South Ossetian mission, hosted a meeting with the Co-Chairmen of the Geneva International Discussions who arrived to Tskhinval on September, 08.

The agenda of the two working groups for the coming 33rd round of the discussions, planned for October 6-7, 2015, was talked over.

Leonid Tibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosted a meeting with the official delegation of the Moldovan Transdniestrian Republic, headed by Alexander Kisnichan, Deputy Head of Government and Government Chief of Staff, on September 2, 2015 in Tskhinval.

Andrej Tskhovrebov, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, participated in the meeting.

Official award ceremony was organized by Transdnestrian delegation that had arrived on a working visit to Tskhinval. Politicians and social activists of the Republic of South Ossetia were given national awards of the Moldovan Transdniestrian Republic.

Taimuraz Dzhidzhoev, Head of Foreign Relations Directorate, and Aleksej Sanakoev, Head of Department of International Cooperation, were among those who received medals “For Strengthening International Cooperation”.

Concerning the results of the 32nd round of the Geneva International Discussions

3Regular round of the Geneva International Discussions was held on June, 30 – July 1, 2015 in Geneva. Official mission from South Ossetia, headed by Murat Dzhioev, the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, missions from Abkhazia, Georgia, Russia, the USA as well as representatives of the EU, the UN and OSCE took part in negotiations.

Leonid Tibilov, South Ossetia President, hosted a meeting with Kazbulat Tskhovrebov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Znaur Gassiev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation, Oleg Botsiev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Republic of Abkhazia, and Moris Sanakoev, South Ossetia Consular Agent in Vladikavkaz.

The President emphasized diplomatic corps of the Republic have to be at high level to strengthen the established friendly ties with the receiving countries.

In pursuance of the Foreign Minister Decree, dated August 01, 2015, “About establishment of an Expert Council affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs” political experts, scientists, analytical experts, social activists are invited to participate in work of the Council and take part in discussion of current issues of foreign policy. Applications have to be mailed by September 10, 2015 at: mfa-rso@mail.ru or made by telephone 8 (929) 804 45 85.

 

August, 11 saw consultations on consular problems held between foreign-policy departments of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation.

Alina Dzhagaeva, Chief of Consular Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Andrey Frolov, Deputy Head of Consular Department of Russian Foreign Ministry, headed South Ossetian and Russian delegations correspondingly.