Press releases of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO

Pertaining to the results of the 44th round of the Geneva International Discussions

June 19-20, 2018 saw the 44th round of the Geneva International Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia. A delegation from the Republic of South Ossetia, headed by Murat Dzhioev, the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, delegations from the Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, the Russian Federation and the USA as well as representatives of the EU, the UN and the OSCE took part in negotiations.

For several years already has been the UN General Assembly accepting draft resolution on refugees and displaced persons from South Ossetia and Abkhazia prepared by Georgian party. While delivering again and again the same writing of the document Georgia tries to impose on international community a unilateral politicized vision of the problem of refugees in order to support its non-legitimate territorial claims.

June 20, 2018 saw Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosting a meeting with Marat Kulakhmetov, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to South Ossetia.

Range of issues, related to the bilateral South Ossetian-Russian cooperation, as well as certain aspects of the foreign policy interaction of the countries at international arena and the situation in the region were discussed at the meeting, which was held in an open and constructive atmosphere, typical for the South Ossetian-Russian relations.

June 7 saw Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia hosting a meeting with Ashot Astabatsyan, the new Head of the Representation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Republic of South Ossetia.

Issues, related to the work of the ICRC Representation in South Ossetia and programs of the Committee for the nearest period were discussed during the meeting.

Hope for further fruitful cooperation with the Committee was expressed by the Minister.

June 7, 2018, Tskhinval

In accordance with the Project of A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the RAS and RusHydro on preparing an area in Ossetia for the Persian Leopard Reintroduction, a solemn ceremony of laying 12 paw prints of the Persian Leopard took place with the support from the Administration of Vladikavkaz on May 31.

Laying the paw prints is a part of a sculptural composition titled “Leopard Reintroduction in Caucasus”, which is built in framework of the ecological awareness promotion program titled “Project on preparing an area for release of Persian Leopards in Ossetia”.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, being authorized by the Government, has the honor to state that the Republic of South Ossetia and the Syrian Arab Republic,

Reaffirming their commitment to general principles of international law,

Being guided by the desire to establish and develop full-fledged political, economic and cultural interaction between the two states for the benefit of the two nations,

May 29, 1992 is a special date in the heroic history of the people of South Ossetia.

At the height of the Georgian military aggression against South Ossetia the Supreme Council of the Republic of South Ossetia adopted the Act of Declaration of Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia 26 years ago on this day.

At the end of the visit to the Italian Republic Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Alan Kochiev, the Mayor of Tskhinval, together with Fillipo Gasperi, the Mayor of Gradara, visited the memorial to resistance fighters of the province of Pesaro, victims of the World War II, and laid flowers to the memorial tablet.

May 26, 2018, Tskhinval

A news conference of Alan Kochiev and Fillipo Gasperi, Mayors of Tskhinval and Gradara, on the signing of the Agreement on Cooperation between the Administration of Tskhinval (the Republic of South Ossetia) and the Municipality of Gradara (the province of Pesaro and Urbino, the Italian Republic) was held in the capital of the province of Pesaro on May 25, 2018 in framework of the visit of Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Alan Kochiev, the Mayor of Tskhinval, to the Italian Republic.

In framework of the visit of the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitrii Medoev and the Mayor of Tskhinval Alan Kochiev to the Italian Republic, an Agreement on Cooperation between the Administration of Tskhinval (the Republic of South Ossetia) and the Municipality of Gradara (the province of Pesaro and Urbino, the Italian Republic) was signed in the town of Gradara on May 24.

Alan Kochiev and Fillipo Gasperi, Mayors of Tskhinval and Gradara, signed the Agreement.

May 23 saw Dmitrii Medoev, the South Ossetian Foreign Minister, and Alan Kochiev, the Mayor of Tskhinval, arriving upon an invitation from Fillipo Gasperi, Mayor of Gradara, in the town of Gradara (the Italian Republic).

During a meeting with Mr. Gasperi the parties discussed the prospects of mutually beneficial cooperation between Tskhinval and Gradara in spheres of urban infrastructure, culture, tourism, as well as trade and entrepreneurship.

Working meeting of the South Ossetian delegation at the GID, headed by Murat Dzhioev, the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, and the Co-Chairs of the Discussions, representing the EU, the OSCE and the UN, took place in Tskhinval on May 23.

Security issues as well as humanitarian problems, included in the agenda of the coming 44th round of the GID, which is scheduled for June, were discussed during the meeting.