Pertaining to the results of the 39th round of the Geneva International Discussion
Press releases of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO
In anticipation of presidential elections and the referendum on resumption of the historic name “the State of Alania” to South Ossetia scheduled for April 9, 2017 a meeting of officers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was organized on March 21, 2017.
The participants discussed the internal political situation in the Republic and once again emphasized the necessity to maintain it within a legal framework.
A telephone conversation between Murat Dzhioev, South Ossetia Foreign Minister, and Vitaly Ignatiev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, took place on March 17.
Issues related to the development of the bilateral relation between the two Republics as well as other questions of mutual interest were discussed during the conversation.
Tskhinval, March 17, 2017
March 14 saw a meeting of Murat Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, and members of South Ossetian delegation at the GID, with Alexey Dvinyanin and Marat Kulakhmetov, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and members of Russian delegation at the Discussions.
Murat Dzhioev, South Ossetia Foreign Minister, hosted a meeting with representatives of the ICRC Representation in the Republic of South Ossetia.
Nalan Antmen, Head of the Representation, whose mission on the ground is terminating, expressed gratitude to the authorities of the Republic for the working conditions in South Ossetia and introduced her successor, Farrukh Islomov, the new Head of the Representation.
Within the visit to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela bilateral consultations between delegations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela took place in Caracas on March7-8.
Working visit of the delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia consisting of Alan Kochiev, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Narim Kozaev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is going on.
Murat Dzhioev, South Ossetia Foreign Minister and the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, heading South Ossetia delegation at the Geneva International Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia, hosted a meeting with the Co-Chairs of the Discussions representing the EU, the OSCE and the UN, who arrived to the Republic on March 07 in anticipation of the 39th round of the Discussions.
Commemoration events dedicated to the 4th anniversary of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s death are taking place in Caracas on March 5-7, 2017.
A delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia consisting of Alan Kochiev, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Narim Kozaev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, arrived in Caracas upon invitation from the authorities of Venezuela.
Murat Dzhioev, South Ossetia Foreign Minister, visited Embassy of the Russian Federation to the Republic of South Ossetia and delivered condolences to Elbrus Kargiev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in RSO, on the passing of Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, on February 21, 2017.
Tskhinval, February 21, 2017
February 13, 2017 saw a meeting of Murat Dzhioev, South Ossetia Foreign Minister, with Nalan Antmen, Head of the ICRC mission in South Ossetia, whose mission on the ground is terminating.
The activity conducted by the Mission on territory of the Republic was discussed at the meeting. Head of the Mission informed the Minister about humanitarian programs that currently are under implementation and would be run this year.
The parties exchanged opinions on joint efforts in search of unaccounted for made in framework of the Trilateral Coordination Mechanism.
Telephone conversation between Murat Dzhioev and Vitaliy Ignatyev, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic, was organized on February 8, 2017.
In the course of conversation were discussed the issues of the further development and intensification of bilateral relations between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic, the unity of opinions and approaches to international cooperation was noted.
Other issues of mutual interest were also discussed.