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South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Irek Fayzullin, arrived in the Republic on a working visit.
At the beginning of the meeting the head of state has stressed that the reconstruction works in the Republic entered the active phase, he listed the projects, commissioning of which is planned in the near future. The President thanked the representatives of the Ministry of Construction of Tatarstan for the assistance, professionalism and responsible attitude to their work.

Issues of security and law and order during the preparation and conducting of parliamentary elections in South Ossetia were discussed at the meeting of the Security Council of the Republic, held today under the chairmanship of President Leonid Tibilov.

More than 50 international observers are expected to arrive in South Ossetia to monitor the parliamentary elections, said the head of the Central Election Commission Bella Plieva at the briefing in Tskhinval.

The Delegation of South Ossetia participated in the XVIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, held May 22-23 in St. Petersburg. at a briefing in Tskhinval Minister of Economic Development of South Ossetia William Dzagoev told about participation of the South Ossetian delegation.
According to him, in the framework of the forum were held working meetings with representatives of Russian companies, in particular, "Rosneft", "Gazprom" and " Rusnano".

In Belgium, completed activities carried out in the framework of "Days of Ossetian culture in Europe." According to the program organizer, the head of the international non-profit association «Renaissance Sandidzan» Radion Pukhaev, "Days of Ossetian culture in Europe" started on May 16 in the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Brussels, where at the round-table "Bridges of cooperation" gathered representatives of the creative intelligentsia from Ossetia and Europe.

Presidium of the South Ossetian parliament approved the document on political and legal assessment of the actions of Georgia in 2004 - 2008. The issue was brought up for discussion by Vice-Speaker Yuri Dzitstsoity during today's session.
According to him, in the work on the document took an active part all members of the Commission for political and legal assessment of Georgia's actions, established in March 2013.

Deputies of the Parliament of South Ossetia are participating in the VII Plenary session of the Inter-parliamentary Assembly of States - members of the community "For Democracy and Rights of Nations", which will be held today in Abkhazia.
As IA "Res" has been informed in the Parliament of South Ossetia, the South Ossetian delegation has included the Speaker Stanislav Kochiev, Vice-Speaker, the Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations Yuri Dzitstsoyty, as well as the Chairman of the Committee for Youth, Sports and Tourism Affairs Kazimir Pliev.

Attention of South Ossetian people is riveted today to one of the tragic dates in the modern history of South Ossetia. May 20, 1992 on the bypass Zar road Georgian fascists shot a column of cars of civilians on their way to the village of Dzau. 36 people were killed - women, the elderly and children. Dozens of people were injured.

Co-chairmen of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia promise to do everything possible to address humanitarian issues in the region, said at the briefing in Tskhinval the UN co-chairman of the Geneva discussions Antti Turunen. the UN, OSCE and EU representatives have arrived in Tskhinval today to discuss the agenda of the next round of Geneva talks, scheduled for June 17-18 .

In South Ossetia have arrived today co-chairs of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia.
In Tskhinval the guests met with members of the South Ossetian delegation headed by the RSO Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.