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).

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.


April 20, 2018, Tskhinval