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



In framework of the working visit to the Republic of Artsakh the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitrii Medoev met with Araik Arutyunyan, State Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, on May 2.


Perspectives and plans for extending the bilateral cooperation in various spheres were discussed during the meeting. Special attention was paid to the development of business and economic ties.

The parties marked the necessity of giving a new impetus to the South Ossetian-Artsakh relations, which would reflect the mutual interests of both sides.

Dmitrii Medoev thanked the receiving party for the warm welcome and emphasized that in South Ossetia they appreciate highly the developed fraternal relations with the Republic of Artsakh, are interested in extending further in-depth cooperation and are ready to make practical steps in that direction.

The parties exchanged opinion on running issues of mutual interest related to current regional and international agenda.


May 3, 2018, Tskhinval