In the capital of South Ossetia, a festive event will be held in honor of Russian Flag Day, which is celebrated on August 22. Chairman of the Coordination Council of the Organization of Russian Compatriots in South Ossetia, Natalya Zhuikova, told IA “Res”.
The activities of the Tripartite Coordination Mechanism for the search for missing persons were discussed at the meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, Akhsar Dzhioev, and the ICRC Envoy for Missing Persons in the Caucasus, Agnes Cotu, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reports.
In Vladivostok, at the Artetage Center for Contemporary Art, will be opened the exhibition “Beslan. A minute of silence”, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Beslan tragedy.
According to the South Ossetian Embassy in Russia, the exhibition was organized on the initiative of the administrations of the cities of Vladivostok and Vladikavkaz with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives.
The recognition of South Ossetia by the Russian Federation on August 26, 2008 was the act of the greatest justice towards our people,” Murat Dzhioev, a deputy of the first convocation of Parliament, former head of the Republic’s Foreign Ministry, Candidate of History, has noted in a commentary to IA “Res” on the eve of the significant date.
According to him, Russia, by recognizing the independence of South Ossetia, thereby confirmed the right of the people of the Republic to independent sovereign development.
Enough time has passed since August 2008 for official Tbilisi to accept the existing realities and recognize the sovereignty of South Ossetia. This is stated in the statement by a representative of the RSO Foreign Ministry in connection with the statement of the Georgian Dream party.
The Foreign Ministry has noted that against the backdrop of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Georgia in October, the Georgian politicians are increasingly making various declarative statements regarding the status of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
South Ossetia is taking part in the international youth festival "Manzherok", which started in the Altai Republic and brought together representatives from 15 countries.
The participants of the large-scale event were welcomed by the State Duma deputy Roman Ptitsyn on behalf of the acting head of Altai Andrei Turchak.
He has emphasized that the festival program is rich; here the youth will acquire both new knowledge and many new friends.
The methods of the Georgian side frankly do not contribute to the creation of a more positive atmosphere in relations with South Ossetia, President of the Republic of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev said in the interview with Izvestia.
The President has noted that instead of constructive dialogue, the Republic is being addressed with speculative calls to join the European Union with Georgia by 2030.
"South Ossetia has long ago and irrevocably decided on its choice of friends and allies. Our path is the integration with Russia," Gagloev snapped.
The issue of South Ossetia's accession to Russia is currently not on the agenda, the South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev said in the interview with Izvestia.
The head of the Republic has emphasized that the level of integration between Russia and South Ossetia implies a coordinated foreign policy and joint discussion of issues of interest to both parties.
The achieved level of interaction between South Ossetia and Russia in the defense sphere, including the presence of the Russian 4th Guards Military Base on the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia, gives the Republic the opportunity to feel safe. This was stated by President Alan Gagloev in the interview with Izvestia.
South Ossetia has prospects for recognition of sovereignty in Latin America, in which Venezuela and Nicaragua can assist. This was stated to Izvestia by President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev on the eve of the Day of Recognition of State Independence, which will be celebrated on August 26.
The sovereignty of South Ossetia has been recognized by the five UN member states, as well as by several republics with the status of partially recognized or unrecognized.
