The South Ossetian-Russian relations have a rich and deep-rooted history. Our nations are united by spiritual and cultural closeness. Alliance with Russia is the historical choice of the Ossetians.
Press releases of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RSO
On March 9, a telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia Inal Ardzinba
March 6, saw the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Dzhioev hosting a meeting with Marat Kulakhmetov, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of South Ossetia.
On March 5, 2013, the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, statesman and politician, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Hugo Jose Rafael Chavez passed away.
The name of Hugo Chavez, a true patriot and a worthy son of the Venezuelan people, who devoted his life to serving his country, is associated with a whole era in the history of the Venezuelan state, the era of the struggle for freedom and a worthy future for its people.
On February 24, a telephone conversation was held between the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev and Vitalii Ignatiev, Foreign Minister of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
On February 23, Akhsar Dzhioev, the South Ossetian Foreign Minister, participated in a solemn flower-laying ceremony, dedicated to the Defenders of the Fatherland Day and the 30th anniversary of the South Ossetian Ministry of Defense. Flowers were laid at the Monument of the Defenders of the Fatherland and at the chapel of the Memorial Cemetery of the Victims of the Georgian aggression in the courtyard of secondary school No. 5.
On February 10, Alan Gagloev, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, visited the Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic in the Russian Federation where expressed condolences to the people of Syria on the occasion of the destructive earthquake and its consequences and laid flowers at the wall of the Embassy.
On February 10, Akhsar Dzhioev, the South Ossetian Foreign Minister, participated via videoconference in the reporting board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, timed to the Diplomat’s Day.
On January 27, Akhsar Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, chaired a Ministerial Board meeting, where key results of the activity conducted by the Ministry in 2022 were highlighted, work plan for 2023 was developed and range of other important issues were discussed.
On January 16, Alan Gagloev, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, met with Akhsar Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Znaur Gassiev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation.
In 2022, in accordance with the tasks designated by the leadership of the state and in line with the legislation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs continued its work to defend and promote the national interests of South Ossetia, to strengthen and develop the mutually beneficial cooperation with the states with which South Ossetia had established diplomatic relations, as well as to expand international contacts.
On December 26, 2022, under the Decree by the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev, Andrey Tskhovrebov, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia was conferred a diplomatic rank Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.