Republic of South Ossetia is located оn the southern slopes of the Main Caucasus Range in the area of 3900 square meters. Тhe capital is the city of Tskhinval.
One-tenth of the surface occupied by the Republic of the foothills.
The rest of the territory - the mountainous terrain height from 850 to 3938 meters above sea level.
The highest point - Mount Halatsa (3938 m).

Archive - Apr 2018

April 30th

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



In framework of the working visit to the Republic of Artsakh Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Alania, met with Masis Mailyan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh, on April 29.


Wide range of issues related to the bilateral cooperation, including interaction in framework of the Protocol on Cooperation and Consultations, signed between Foreign Ministries of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Artsakh in 2001, as well as extension of the legal base were discussed during the meeting. Exchange of opinion on current regional and international agenda took place as well.

April 27th

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia

Upon an invitation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh Masis Mailyan Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, left for Stepanakert on a working visit on April 27.


During the visit the parties will discuss current terms of the bilateral relations, promising areas of further cooperation and the situation in the region.

April 24th

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia

April 24 saw a meeting of Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Grigoriy Karasin, State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, organized in the Russian Foreign Ministry.

April 23rd

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, participated in the assembly of the International Association of Friends of Crimea, which was held in framework of the IV Yalta International Economic Forum on April 20.


On behalf of the South Ossetian Club of Friends of Crimea Dmitrii Medoev welcomed the attendees and expressed gratitude for the invitation.

April 20th

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



A meeting of Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, and a group of Italian senators and businessmen - participants of the IV Yalta International Economic Forum was held on the margins of the Forum on April 20.

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



On the margins of the IV Yalta International Economic Forum Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, met with Mitsuhiro Kimura, Chairman of the Issukai Far-right Political party (Japan) April 20.


Range of issues of mutual interest was discussed during the meeting.

The parties agreed to establish and develop inter-parliamentary ties between the Edinaya Ossetia Political party of South Ossetia and the Issukai Far-right Political party of Japan.

Alongside with this Mitsuhiro Kimura accepted with gratitude the invitation of Dmitrii Medoev to visit South Ossetia.

A delegation from the Issukai Far-right Political party, headed by its leader Mitsuhiro Kimura, visited South Ossetia after the August War of 2008 and condemned the Georgian aggression against South Ossetia.

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



A meeting of Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Sergey Aksenov, the Head of the Republic of Crimea, took place in framework of the IV Yalta International Economic Forum on April 20.

April 19th

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia

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In framework of the IV Yalta International Economic Forum Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, met with Petros Tseggay Asged, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Eritrea to the Russian Federation, on April 19.

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



I framework of the IV Yalta International Economic Forum Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, met with the official delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic, headed by Samer Al-Khalil, the Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, on April 19.


Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, Gennadii Kokoev, the Minister of Economic Development, and Znaur Gassiev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Russian Federation, participated in the meeting.

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



April 19 saw Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, and members of the South Ossetian delegation participating in solemn opening ceremony of the IV Yalta International Economic Forum.


In his welcoming speech Anatolii Bibilov told participants and guests of the Forum about the perspectives, which would extension of contacts with the Republic of Crimea and the Russian Federation give to the states - participants of the Forum.