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South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov received the First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Nicaragua in the Russian Federation Mr. Ernesto Vasquez Juan Araya, who arrived in Tskhinval to take part in the celebration of the Republic Day. The meeting was attended by the RSO Ambassador to the Russian Federation Dmitry Medoev.
The President expressed his gratitude to the guests for their participation in the celebration of this important for the South Ossetian people date, and reminded that Nicaragua had recognized the independence and sovereignty of South Ossetia, following the Russian Federation.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov met with the President of the Republic of Nauru Sprent Jared, arrived in Tskhinval to take part in the celebration of the Republic Day. Tibilov has welcomed the guests, noting that people of South Ossetia are very hospitable and any holiday without guests - is not a real holiday.
"You are the first one of the presidents of the countries that recognized our independence, who have come for today's holiday. Therefore, I want to express a special word of appreciation, and in your person to greet the fraternal people of Nauru,"- said Tibilov.

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia with regard to
the situation on the border with Georgia

Four years after the armed aggression of Georgia against South Ossetia in August 2008 the situation in the region is still tense and is characterized by the intention of the Georgian leadership to carry out the large-scale provocations. Georgian authorities, despite the impact of August 2008, are not going to leave their revanchist sentiments.
In the territory of Georgia, which is adjacent to the border of South Ossetia and belongs to the zone of responsibility of the EU mission military observers, there is a boosting of the Georgian military presence, including armored vehicles andmultiple launch rocket systems. One can observe the newly built fortifications and almost all border settlements formed warehouses for storage of weapons. It is also observed activation of the Georgian intelligence services, transferring of the armed police posts several hundred meters closer to the border of South Ossetia, as it happened in Zardiantkari.

President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov has received today the delegation of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, led by Deputy Head of the NKR Government Minister Gary Dzhangiryan, arrived in Tskhinval to celebrate the Republic Day. The delegation has also included General Secretary of the NKR Foreign Ministry Semen Afiyan.
The Head of State welcomed the guests on the ground of South Ossetia and thanked them for their attention in such a significant date for the Republic.

More than a hundred refugees, living in the country, claim to citizenship of South Ossetia.
As the head of the Committee on Migration Policy of the RSO Vladimir Ushakov said IA "Res", the Commission on Citizenship of the RSO was engaged in the questions of granting citizenship to refugees.
"It is planned to grant citizenship to the people who were forced to leave the territory of Georgia because of persecution from the early 1990's. They must submit all the required documents, and then the committee during the year will consider and decide whether to grant them citizenship or not,"- explained Ushakov.

On the invitation of the youth wing of the People's Party of the Republic of South Ossetia the youth delegations from the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Transdniestria and the Russian Federation will arrive in South Ossetia to participate in the celebrations of the 22th anniversary of proclamation of the Republic of South Ossetia.
As the Chairman of the youth wing of the People's Party of South Ossetia Mikhail Kochiev reported IA "Res", for the guests had been arranged an interesting and rich program with visiting the notable places, related to the struggle for independence, and interesting meetings.

Special attention at the meeting with the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions was focused on placing and strengthening the Georgian posts along the border with South Ossetia.
This has been declared by Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement of South Ossetia Murat Dzhioev at the briefing in Tskhinval.
"This fact has caused our anxiety, taken into account the previous years, when the Georgian side in the days of our holidays or during the important events in Georgia, was undertaking various provocations," - said the envoy.

Today in Tskhinval President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov has declared at the meeting with the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions that the Georgian side is conducting intensive preparations for a war around the perimeter of the border with South Ossetia.

Co-Chairs of the Geneva discussions on Security in Transcaucasia, arrived today in South Ossetia on a working visit, have met in Tskhinval with the South Ossetian negotiators.
Opening the meeting, the Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev expressed the hope that this visit would further strengthen security in the region, and the parties would be satisfied with the work done.

September 18 is expected the visit of the delegation of the Co-Chairmen of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia to South Ossetia.
As IA "Res" has been informed at the office of the presidential envoy for post-conflict settlement, the delegation will include the co-chairs of the EU, UN and OSCE- Philippe Lefort, Antti Turunen and Podrig Murphy, as well as representatives of the international organizations.