Tskhinval is closely monitoring the current situation in the Donbass in the light of the special military operation launched by the Russian Armed Forces on February 24 to protect the DPR and LPR, the purpose of which is to ensure the security of the republics, as well as protect the rights and interests of the population living there.
On February 24 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Dmitrii Medoev played host to the new Head of the ICRC Representative Office in the Republic of South Ossetia Dragoslav Blazhevich.
On February 24, an enlarged format meeting of the Security Council of the Republic of South Ossetia, organized in connection with the situation in the Donbas and the special military operation announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, was held under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia A.I. Bibilov.
By order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated January 10, 2022, a citizen of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Turkey Hosity Burhan (Canpolat Burhan) was appointed Plenipotentiary Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Republic of Turkey.
Brief biographical note:
On January 24, a working meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia D.N. Medoev with the Secretary General of the Eurasian People’s Assembly A.Yu. Belyaninov took place in Moscow.
On January 20, 2009, in Moscow, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia M.K. Dzjioev and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V. Lavrov exchanged letters of ratification of the Treaty between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance of September 17, 2008.
January 19 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the first referendum on the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia. Thirty years ago, the people of South Ossetia took a fateful political step towards the formation of their statehood. The holding of the referendum became a great holiday for the people of South Ossetia.
On December, 20 Sochi hosted a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia D. N. Medoev and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov.
On December 14, within the frameworks of the working visit of the delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Donetsk People’s Republic, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia DmitriiMedoev and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People’s Republic Natalia Nikanorova.
During the conversation, the meeting participants discussed topical aspects of bilateral relations and regional issues.
On December 7-8, 2021, the regular round of International Discussions on Security in the Transcaucasus, held on the bases of the agreements adopted on August 12 and September 8, 2008, took place at the Geneva Palace of Nations. The negotiations were attended by delegations from the Republic of South Ossetia, the Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, the Russian Federation, the United States, as well as representatives of the EU, UN and OSCE.
The work took place in two groups: on security and on humanitarian issues.
The first working group discussed regional security issues.
President Anatolii Bibilov met with Foreign minister Dmitrii Medoev.
During the meeting, Dmitrii Medoev told the head of state about the results of his working visit to Italy and Turkey.
On December 3, Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, met in Istanbul with Sadrettin Kusaty, the Chairman of the Ossetian Society «Alan» in Turkey and activists of the organization.
