Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

The President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Murat Dzhioev. As the Press-Service to the President and the Government reported to IA "Res", the meeting focused on issues related to strengthening of the foreign policy positions of the Republic of South Ossetia.
The President noted in particular that in 2010, a lot has been achieved, but there is still much to do to further the recognition of the Republic among the international community, and he emphasized the need to broaden and strengthen ties with countries that had recognized the independence of South Ossetia.

Some Russian media referring to the Georgian mass media spread misinformation of the Georgian propaganda that the authorities of South Ossetia allegedly created difficulties in crossing the state border for health workers of Leningor district of South Ossetia.
It was stated that it is supposedly done "in retaliation for the fact that the doctors at the local hospital did not sign the statement made by the authorities of South Ossetia, which refers to the occupation of the region by Georgian authorities."
In this connection, IA "Res" contacted the head of the administration of Leningor district Alan Djussoev, who recalled that "the border-crossing checkpoint in Leningor area is properly functioning. There are border crossing procedures, and they are absolutely the same for doctors and teachers, as well as for officials and ordinary citizens. But, unfortunately, we have not developed any rule for border-crossing with Georgia for emergency situations. This creates difficulties. So, all other issues, both the responsibility for patients and doctors rests solely on the Georgian side. "

Yesterday evening, two workers of "Spetsstroy", Russia, having gone astray drove towards the Georgian village of Adzvi, Gori district. As the press service of Ministry of Interior of South Ossetia reported to IA RES, "Spetsstroy" workers, Radislav Soslanovich Kachmazov (born 1975) and Pridom Grigorievich Kachmazov (born 1972), who were engaged in construction of a border post in the village of Artsevi, Tskhinval district, both residents of Kvaisa, at 22:50 drove by VAZ 2107 vehicle to the Georgian village of Adzvi, Gori district of Georgia, where they were stopped by Georgian security services.

peech by the South Ossetian President's Plenipotentiary for Human Rights David Sanakoyev at the scientific conference in Transnistria "Development of Human Rights Institutions in the self-determined states" to mark International Human Rights Day.

Human rights have become one of the mankind's most significant gains of the last century. During this time, the international mechanisms of human rights protection were created, which had greatly increased the possibility for people to struggle for their rights, for those, who suffered from various abuses by the authorities of their states. Human rights is a unique system to achieve balance in this diverse world. But to make it useful, all the opportunities provided by national and international human rights mechanisms should be used. Of course, we realize that often it is difficult to achieve a fair result, but we must not forget those people who sometimes gave their lives to uphold these universal values.

The President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity will not run for the third presidential term in 2011 election and after finishing his second term as president he intends to "remain in politics and serve the people, said the President at the press'conference in Moscow.

On 15-16 December 2010, the 14th round of international discussions on security and stability in South Caucasus took place in Geneva. As before, delegations of the Republic of South Ossetia, the Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, the RF and the U.S. participated in the meeting Co-Chairs by the UN, EU and OSCE.
Within the frameworks of the agenda of the first working group on security, an exchange of views on the situation in the area adjacent to the state border of South Ossetia and Georgia was held. It was noted that the situation remains generally stable, the number of incidents was decreasing. At the same time, the delegation of South Ossetia has expressed its concern about the facts of violation of the airspace of South Ossetia, as well as illegally crossing of the state border.

Effective Interaction of Prosecutor General's Offices of South Ossetia and Russia ensures legitimacy of spending of the funds allocated for the rehabilitation in the Republic, Anatoly Palamarchuk, Head of the Department for Implementation of Federal Legislature of the RF Prosecutor General's Office, stated at the press briefing in Tskhinval after the second meeting of the inter-agency working group of the Prosecutor General's Offices of South Ossetia and Russia.
"Throughout the month after the first meeting, we have been inviting all relevant ministries, departments and entities, reviewed their work, checked each and every budget entry allocated for the rehabilitation of sites damaged during an armed conflict in South Ossetia ", said Palamarchuk.

In Moscow, a meeting of Plenipotentiary of the President of South Ossetia for Post-Conflict Settlement Boris Chochiyev with the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Tomas Hammarberg took place. As Boris Chochiev reported to IA "Res" by telephone from Moscow, the meeting discussed the fate of citizens of South Ossetia and Georgia missing from and after the Georgian aggression in August 2008, as well as prolongation of the work of international experts engaged by Hammarberg to look into this problem.

Plenipotentiary for Human Rights under President of the Republic of South Ossetia David Sanakoev participated in the international scientific conference in Transnistria, which focused on development of human rights institutions in the self-determined states. The conference was organized to coincide with International Human Rights Day celebrated on December 10. During the discussion, the South Ossetian Ombudsman drew attention to the importance of security as a crucial factor for protection of human rights.

Another meeting within the frames of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in the border village of Ergenti (Georgia).
As the Head of the South Ossetian Delegation Merab Chigoev reported to IA RES, representatives of South Ossetia, Georgia, Russia, OSCE and the EU Monitoring Mission (ECMM) in Georgia participated in the meeting.
"The meeting discussed the work of the Border-Guard Service of South Ossetia on defining the borderline. Participants of the meeting touched upon the incident, which occurred on November 25 near the village of Ditsi (Georgia). At a time when our official services were carrying out works on defining the state borderline in the vicinity of the village of Ered (Tskhinval district of South Ossetia) and Ditsi (Gori district of Georgia), a group of civilians of Georgian nationality came close to the boundary line and tried to prevent this work.