In the policy of the Russian Federation, the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia, as a whole, occupy one of the priority places. In this respect, the essence and main directions of development of the situation in the Caucasus, where socio-economic, national-territorial, religious, geopolitical and many other characteristics are so intertwined, are of considerable interest (1).
The Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Republic of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement, Murat Dzhioev, met with the independent expert Dusan Ignjatovic, in Tskhinval, who, on the invitation of the OSCE is investigating the search for South Ossetian citizens to be listed as missing after August 2008.
Щn Monday the Parliament of South Ossetia adopted a statement in which it expressed its full support for the legitimately elected President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and condemned the gross interference of the United States in the internal affairs of a sovereign state, the press service of the legislature reports.
A representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia in Italy, Mauro Murgia, took part in a rally in support of the people of Venezuela and its legitimately elected President Nicolas Maduro. According to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, the rally was held outside the Venezuelan embassy in Rome.
Security issues at the state border of South Ossetia with Georgia will be discussed at the first meeting in 2019 within the framework of theIncident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM). As noted by the Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev the meeting in the settlement of Ergneti is scheduled to take place on February 8.
For the first time in the history of the Republic, South Ossetia received students from the Syrian Arab Republic, said rector of the South Ossetian State University Vadim Tedeev.
“Since January of this year, two young people from Syria entered the faculty of Russian philology, one on the basis of higher education and the other on the basis of secondary education. In the history of South Ossetia, this happens for the first time,” said Tedeev.
Attempts to overthrow the President of Venezuela are being conducted by the countries that want to take control over its resources and the country,told reporters Foreign Minister of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev.
The Minister called it obvious the fact that the actions of the United States are aimed at the destruction of the statehood of Venezuela.
The official delegation of parliamentarians of the Syrian Arab Republic will arrive in South Ossetia in April, 2019, said Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic, Peter Gassiev, during the regular session.
"The Syrian Arab Republic gladly accepted our invitation to visit South Ossetia and its representatives are going to arrive in April. This will be the first official visit of the Syrian delegation, during which will take place the signing of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between the parliaments of South Ossetia and Syria," said Gassiev.
The composition of the working Friendship Group on cooperation between the Parliament of South Ossetia and the People’s Council of the Syrian Arab Republic was approved at the session of the South Ossetian Parliament.
The question for discussion of parliamentarians was submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Relations, Igor Kochiev, who noted that the group had included representatives of all political parties.
Deputies of the Parliament of South Ossetia considered the cooperation agreements between the Parliament of the Republic and the People’s Councils of the DPR and the LPR.
The question at the meeting was raised by the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Relations Igor Kochiev.
As noted by Kochiev, based on the mutual desire of both parties to expand and strengthen inter-parliamentary ties and exchange experience in the field of lawmaking, the legislative bodies agreed on mutual cooperation.
