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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, Dmitry Medoev, is taking part in the XI Eurasian Economic Forum, which started today, October 25, in Verona, Italy.

According to the press service of the Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia, over 1,100 delegates from more than 40 countries arrived to participate in the forum.

The main topic of discussions at this international platform is “The economy of trust and business diplomacy from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean”.

The meeting of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov with the authorized representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Matovnikov was held in Pyatigorsk.

The delegation of South Ossetia in Geneva announced the threats posed by NATO's presence in Georgia, said the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of the RSO for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev

On October 22, during his visit to the Italian Republic, Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia, Dmitry Medoev, visited Sicily, the province of Catania.

On Monday, October 22, started the working visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev to the Italian Republic.

According to the press service of the Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia, “during the trip, the Minister will visit the province of Catania, where he will hold a series of meetings at the Mayor’s Office of the city of Randazzo,”.

On October 25-26, Dmitry Medoev will take part in the XI Eurasian Economic Forum in Verona.

The border guards of South Ossetia detained four Georgian citizens for one day, trying to illegally cross the state border of the Republic.

According to the press service of the state security committee of the RSO, two violators turned out to be priests of the Georgian Orthodox Church.

“On October 20, four citizens of Georgia were detained by border guards on a section of the state border of the RSO with Georgia in the vicinity of the villages of Balata and Ahmadz in Leningor district.

In Tskhinval, during the week, conducted its work a joint Russian-South Ossetian conciliation commission, composed of representatives of the military departments of South Ossetia and Russia.

According to the press service of the South Ossetian Defense Ministry, the Commission was formed after the appeal of South Ossetia’s Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Ibragim Gasseev to the head of the Russian defense department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

Most of the tasks that were set before the invited Russian specialists over the past three years, have been practically solved,said Adviser to the Ministry of Economic DevelopmentPavel Kovalsky at a press conference in Tskhinval, summing up his work in South Ossetia.

According to him, initially they were tasked to help specialists from South Ossetia to increase the economic independence of the Republic.

The victories of Ossetian wrestlers Soslan Ramonov and Khetik Tsabolov helped the Iranian Arash club to become the winner of the group stage of the Iranian club championship, the portal of the Russian Wrestling Federation reports.

The “Arash” club from Mazandaran became the leader after the victories over another Iranian club - “Sataregan”. The first match between Arash and Sataregan ended with a score of 6: 4, the second match brought a more convincing victory to Arash - 8: 2.

Georgia is once again trying to inflate the international scandal and bring the usual border violation incident to the political plane, said during the briefing the head of the State Committee for Information and Press of South Ossetia, Maria Kotaeva,
“A few days ago, Georgian citizen Maya Otinashvili was detained by border guards for violating the border near the village of Aemdzaerin (formerly Tsinagar) on the territory of South Ossetia. This case differs from all other similar facts in that it helped others illegally crossing the border for a monetary reward,” said Kotaeva.