Press releases of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO

In framework of the official visit to the Republic of Srpska a meeting of Milorad Dodik, the President of the Republic of Srpska, and Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, took place on January 10, 2018.

The parties discussed the perspectives of development of the bilateral cooperation in general and interaction in cultural and humanitarian spheres in particular. The Presidents exchanged opinion on current international problems and talked about certain issues of mutual interest.

Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, heading the South Ossetian delegation, participated in the festive events, dedicated to the 26th Anniversary of the Republic of Srpska on January 26, 2018.

The official program of celebrations began with the laying of a wreath at the memorial to the Serbs who died in the Bosnian Wars in 1990-s.

On the occasion of the holiday a traditional military parade was held at the Square of Krajina.

January 9, 2018 saw the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatolii Bibilov and members of the South Ossetian official delegation attending the festive liturgy in honor of the Holy First-Martyr and Archdeacon Stefan, the patron saint of the Republic of Srpska, served by His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Banja Luka.

The official visit of Anatolii Biblov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, to the Republic of Srpska has started.

On January 8, 2018 the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatolii Biblov arrived in Belgrade.

Mladjen Cicovic, Representative of the Republic of Srpska in Serbia, and Dusko Perovic, Representative of the Republic of Srpska in the Russian Federation, welcomed the official delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Belgrade's international airport named after Nikola Tesla.

Upon an invitation from Milorad Dodik, the President of the Republic of Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, will participate in the festivities, dedicated to the Day of the Republic of Srpska, in framework of his official visit to the Republic of Srpska on January 8-13, 2018.

Igor Kozaev, Chief of Administration of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, Dmitrii Medoev, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Gela Valiev, Council of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, are among members of the official delegation.

Exchange of ratifications of the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership signed between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic took place in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia on December 22, 2017.

Andrey Tskhovrebov, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Egor Kochiev, Head of Diplomatic Mission of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic in the Republic of South Ossetia signed the Protocol on exchange of ratifications of the Treaty.

Pertaining to the results of the 42ndround of the Geneva International Discussions

December 12-13, 2017 saw a regular 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.

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.