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

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.


During the meeting the parties discussed main directions of the South Ossetian-Russian interaction, strengthening the bilateral cooperation at international arena and the situation in the region.


April 24, 2018, Tskhinval
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