Press releases of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO

December 14 saw a briefing of Dmitriy Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, organized for the South Ossetian media representatives upon a visit of the Minister to Belgium and France.

The Minister spoke in detail about his participation in the 11th European Russian Forum entitled “EU 2017 and Russian Revolution 1917: Lessons not Learned”, which was held on December 3-4 in the European Parliament in Brussels, and highlighted the key points of his report “South Ossetia and Russia: two and a half centuries of common history”.

December 8, 2017 saw a meeting of Dmitriy Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, with Laura Arys-Djanaeva, the President of Ossetian Association in France “Alania”, which marked the end of the visit of the Minister to France.

During the meeting the parties emphasized directions of practical interaction with the Ossetian community in France in cultural, scientific and humanitarian spheres. Mutual consent to maintain regular contacts and use the existing potential for overcoming common challenges was expressed.

Upon an invitation from Count Peter Sheremetev, a famous cultural worker, philanthropist and public figure, Dmitriy Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, visited Sergei Rachmaninoff Russian Conservatory of Paris on December 8, 2017 in framework of his visit to France.

Dmitriy Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, met with representatives of the Ossetian community in France on December 7, 2017 in the House of Associations in Paris.

During the meeting the Minister told about the social and economic situation in South Ossetia, the priority directions of foreign and domestic policy of the Republic, the work on strengthening ties between South Ossetia and Ossetian communities, and answered numerous questions of representatives of the association.

Upon an invitation from Laura Arys-Djanaeva, the President of Ossetian Association in France “Alania”, Dmitriy Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, arrived in France on December 7, 2017.

In framework of the visit Minister Medoev met with Ekaterina Solonitskaya, Head of the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Paris.

During the meeting the participants discussed perspectives of development of humanitarian and cultural cooperation, possibilities of implementation of joint projects and other issues of mutual interest.

December 4, 2017 saw a working meeting of Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Vitaly Ignatiev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, organized at the margins of the 11th European Russian Forum in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Issues of mutual interests were discussed during the meeting. In particular, the Ministers talked about strengthening interaction between foreign policy agencies of the two states.

Joint communiqué was adopted after the meeting.

December 3-4, 2017 saw the 11th European Russian Forum entitled “EU 2017 and Russian Revolution 1917: Lessons not Learned”, which was held in the headquarters of the European Parliament in Brussels.

Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, participated in the work of the Forum.

The 11th European Russian Forum entitled “EU 2017 and Russian Revolution 1917: Lessons not Learned”, will take place in the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium on December 3-4, 2017.

The South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitrii Medoev, who arrived in Brussels upon an invitation from Tatjana Zdanoka, Member of the European Parliament and the President of the European Russian Alliance, will make a report as well.

Andrey Tskhovrebov, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosted a meeting with Farrukh Islomov, Head of the Representation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Republic of South Ossetia, on December 1, 2017.

Negotiations between Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Raul Khadzhimba, the President of the Republic of Abkhazia, who arrived in Tskhinval on an official visit, took place in the Residence of the South Ossetian President on November 26, 2017.

The Presidents discussed terms of further development and strengthening of the South Ossetian-Abkhazian relations and exchanged opinion on current issues of international agenda.

Later the South Ossetian and the Abkhazian parties held extended-format talks.

Upon an invitation from Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, Raul Khadzhimba, the President of the Republic of Abkhazia, arrived in Tskhinval on an official visit on November 26, 2017.

The official delegation included Daur Arshba, Chief of Administration of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia, Daur Kove, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adgur Kakoba, Minister of Education and Daur Tarba, Minister of Agriculture.

In anticipation of the official visit of Raul Khadzhimba, the President of the Republic of Abkhazia, to the Republic of South Ossetia, Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, signed a Decree, dated November 26, 2017, on pardoning Georgian citizen Giorgi Giunashvili, sentenced by the Supreme Court of the Republic of South Ossetia on February 3, 2017.

The release of the citizen of Georgia was rendered at the request of the Abkhazian President Raul Khadzhimb, who earlier had addressed a corresponding letter to the South Ossetian President Anatolii Bibilov.