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



The official visit of the South Ossetian President Anatolii Bibilov to the Syrian Arab Republic finished on July 25.


An informal meeting of Anatolii Bibilov and Bashar al-Assad, the Presidents of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Syrian Arab Republic, was held on the day of the departure. The two leaders summarized the results of the visit and took leaves.

The President and members of the South Ossetian delegation were seen off at the international airport of Damascus by Walid Muallem, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic.

The official visit of Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, to the Syrian Arab Republic has important political meaning and would give a positive impetus to further development of the bilateral South Ossetian-Syrian relations in all areas of cooperation.


July 26, 2018, Tskhinval
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