On September 2, the Mayor of Tskhinval Romeo Khugaev held a meeting with the Mayour of Gradara (the Italian Republic) Filippo Gasperi at the Consular Agency of the Republic of South Ossetia in Vladikavkaz. Gasperri arrived in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania as part of the delegation taking part in the commemorative events on the occasion of the 20-th anniversary of the tragic events in Beslan.
On August 26, a meeting between the South Ossetian and the Abkhaz Foreign Ministers Akhsar Dzhioev and Sergey Shamba was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia.
On August 26, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev participated in ceremony of laying flowers to the monuments to Vladislav Ardzinba, the first President of the Republic of Abkhazia, raised in Lower Eshera village, and Sergey Bagapsh, the second President of the Republic of Abkhazia, raised in the village of Dzhgyarda of the Ochamchira region.
On August 26, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev participated in ceremony of laying flowers to 1992-1993 Abkhaz Patriotic War Memorial raised in the Park of Glory in Sukhum.
On August 26, the Republic of South Ossetia celebrates the 16th anniversary of recognition of impendence by the Russian Federation.
On August 25, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev arrived to the Republic of Abkhazia on a working visit. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Odyssey Bigvava welcomed Akhsar Dzhioev.
On August 21, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev hosted a meeting with the ICRC Envoy on missing persons in the Caucasus Agnes Coutou.
On 19 August, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia A. M. Dzhioev took part in the round table “Relations between Russia and South Ossetia: historical memory and challenges of globalization’, which was held at the South Ossetian State University and was timed to the 16th anniversary of the recognition of the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation.
On August 8, commemorative events, dedicated to the 16th anniversary of the beginning of the military aggression of Georgia against South Ossetia were held in foreign agencies of the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry.
On 7-8 August, commemorative events, dedicated to the 16th anniversary of the beginning of the Georgian military aggression against South Ossetia, are being held in the Republic of South Ossetia.
Sixteen years ago, in the night from 7th to 8th August 2008, armed forces of Georgia, trained by the “collective West” in accordance with NATO standards, being fully supported by those countries, launched a massive shelling of sleeping Tskhinval using large-caliber weapons and the Grad missiles. The major strike was made on the Ossetian militia, a large part of the South Ossetian army. Russian peacekeepers were also attacked, despite the protection by international mandate.
On August 6, a press conference of Akhsar Dzhioev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, was held in the press center of the State Committee for Information and Press.
