August 7-8 saw commemorative events, dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the beginning of the Georgian military aggression, held in the Republic of South Ossetia.
Press releases of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO
Fifteen years ago, the tragic events, which, without any exaggeration, can be called turning points in the recent history of the South Ossetian people, dividing the life of the country into “before” and “after”, took place in South Ossetia.
On July 31, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev hosted a meeting with the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Benelux countries Radion Pukhaev.
During the conversation, some aspects of the Representative's work with Ossetian Diasporas in Europe were discussed, special attention was paid to the prospects for further implementation of various cultural and educational projects.
On July 25, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev met with a former teacher of the Department of Spanish at MGIMO, lawyer Margarita Isaakova, who came to South Ossetia on a study trip.
Margarita Isaakova said that during the year she comes to Ossetia to practice speaking the Ossetian language, which she became interested in studying after a trip to North Ossetia and reading the Nart Epos, as well as the works of Kosta Khetagurov.
On July 19, as part of the visit to Nicaragua, Narim Kozaev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Republic of Nicaragua, participated in the celebration on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the victory of the Sandinista Revolution.
On July 19, the solemn ceremony of awarding state awards by the President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev to distinguished workers in various spheres of life of the Republic took place.
A number of employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, who have worked in the system of the Ministry for many years, were awarded high awards.
The President congratulated the awarded on the recognition of their merits and expressed gratitude for many years of fruitful work and great contribution to the construction and the development of the state.
On July 17, as part of the visit to Managua for celebrations on the occasion of the victory of the Sandinista Revolution, a meeting was held between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Republic of Nicaragua Narim Kozaev and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua Arlette Marenco.
On July 11-15, employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia took part in the Eurasian Forum of Young Diplomats, which was held on the sidelines of the Manzherok Festival in Gorno-Altaisk.
The event was organized by the Council of Young Diplomats of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with Rossortudnitchestvo, the United Russia party and the Government of the Altai Republic.
South Ossetia celebrates the Peacekeeper’s Day.
On July 14, 1992, on the basis of the Agreement on the principles of the settlement of the Georgian -Ossetian conflict, signed by heads of Russia, Georgia, North Ossetia and South Ossetia on June 24, 1992, the Trilateral Peacekeeping Force was introduced into the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia.
The next round of the Geneva International Discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia were held on July 11-12, 2023 in Geneva. The meeting was attended by the delegations of the Republic of South Ossetia, the Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, the Russian Federation, the USA, as well as the representatives of the EU, UN, OSCE. The South Ossetian delegation was headed by State Advisor to the President of the Republic of South Ossetia K. K. Kochiev.
At the invitation of the Consul General of Russia in Istanbul Andrey Buravov, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Republic of Turkey Burhan Hosity took part in the meeting of the "Russia’s Friends Club" in Istanbul on July 7,
On July 4, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, Akhsar Dzhioev, participated in a solemn meeting dedicated to the seventh anniversary of the signing of the Agreement between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation on the procedure for the establishment and operation of the Joint Information Coordination Center of Internal Affairs Bodies (JICC).