Press releases of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO

On 19 July 2011, a regular meeting with the participation of Plenipotentiary Representative of President of the Republic of South Ossetia on Post-conflict settlement B.E. Chochiev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia M.K. Jioev, State Counselor of President of RSO K.K. Kochiev with Co- Chairmen of the Geneva talks on security in the Transcaucasia was held in the Republic of South Ossetia. A range of questions related to the preparation to the 17 round of the Geneva talks in October 2011 was discussed at the meeting.

On 14 July 2011, the Day of a Peacekeeper is celebrated in the Republic of South Ossetia.

Georgian delegation has prepared and officially introduced to the secretariat resolution project of 65 session of the UN General Assembly “Situation of internally displaced persons from Abkhazia, Georgia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia”. Text of the resolution project is similar to the previous year document. It is talked of refugees – ethnical Georgians, displaced in the consequence of attack of Georgian troops on South Ossetia in August 2008.

On 22 June 2011 Regional Court of Dzau delivered judgment on administrative exclusion of ten citizens of Georgia which on 18 and 19 June of the current year were detained by the South Ossetia frontiers not far from the village Koz of Dzau Region, Republic of South Ossetia, for illegal crossing of the state border between the Republic of South Ossetia and Georgia. Today these individuals were expelled to Georgia.

Under all internationally recognized norms extermination of individual population groups on racial, national, ethnic or religious grounds as well as creating living conditions calculated to bring about destruction, in whole or in part, of these groups or imposing on the groups measures intended to prevent births within the groups, is considered as one of the most heinous crimes against humanity and is defined as genocide.

On 31 May, 2011 by the Decree of President of the Republic of South Ossetia E. Kokoity President Counsellor of State of RSO Narim Zakharovich Kozaev is appointed an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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On 13-14 May 2011, the Republic of South Ossetia Minister of Foreign Affairs Murat Kuzmich paid a working visit to the Republic of Abkhazia.

In the course of the visit meetings with Abkhazian Prime-Minister S.M.Shamba and Minister of Foreign Affairs M.Kh.Gvinjia took place. They discussed the question of further development of the bilateral relations and in particular the development of the contractual and legal foundation of the collaboration М.К. Jioev paid his respect to the first President of the Republic of Abkhazia Vladislav Ardzinba and laid flowers at his grave.

On 11 May 2011, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Jioev M.K. received the Head of the Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in RSO Piere Raichel.

They discussed questions concerning the activities of the Red Cross on the territory of RSO. In particular, they touched upon the subject of three-sided meetings on the search of the missing people.

The Head of the Red Cross informed Jioev M.K. about the completion of the agricultural project on seeds distribution in rural areas of South Ossetia.

On 25 of April the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov visited the Republic of South Ossetia. Within the Framework of visit eventuated meetings with the President of RSO E. D. Kokoity and the Minister of Foreign Affairs M. K. Dzhioev.

On 25 of April the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov visited the Republic of South Ossetia. Within the Framework of visit eventuated meetings with the President of RSO E. D. Kokoity and the Minister of Foreign Affairs M. K. Dzhioev.

On 21 April 2011 by Decree of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia E.D. Kokoity first deputy Foreign Minister of RSO Pliev Alan Soltanovich and deputy Foreign Minister of RSO Tskhovrebov Kazbulat Inalovich were awarded by diplomatic ranks “Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoy”.

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On 25 March Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Murat Dzhioev received Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the Republic of South Ossetia Ugo Khose Garsija Ernandes based in Moscow.

During the meeting the issues of bilateral cooperation between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela were discussed as well as the prospects of further development of relations between the two states.