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



June 20, 2018 saw Dmitrii Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosting a meeting with Marat Kulakhmetov, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to South Ossetia.


Range of issues, related to the bilateral South Ossetian-Russian cooperation, as well as certain aspects of the foreign policy interaction of the countries at international arena and the situation in the region were discussed at the meeting, which was held in an open and constructive atmosphere, typical for the South Ossetian-Russian relations.


June 20, 2018, Tskhinval
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