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

Official delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia, headed by Anatolii BIbilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, arrived in the Republic of Abkhazia on September 28 to participate in the festivities, dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of Victory and Independence Day.


Dmitrii Medoev, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ibragim Gasseev, Minister for Defence, Igor Naniev, Minister of Internal Affairs, Valerii Valiev, Security Council Secretary, Vladimir Kelekhsaev, member of the Parliament, are members of the delegation.

Comment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia

Pertaining to the statement of Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze at the 73ed session of the UN General Assembly


Sick imagination of Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze again has led to innuendos. These insinuations, outlined by the Prime Minister at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, have nothing to do with the reality and are aimed to convince the international community in improving relations with the Ossetians. Concern about reduce of the South Ossetian population which allegedly happened because of “the grave humanitarian, socioeconomic, and human rights situation” was equally cynical.

Statement by members of the Joint South Ossetia-Russia Demarcation Commission on the results of the first assembly of Commission

The first assembly of the Joint South Ossetia-Russia Demarcation Commission was held on September 25-27, 2018 in Moscow.


The assembly was held in an atmosphere of constructive and good neighborliness.

By of the Joint South Ossetia – Russia Demarcation Commission has been signed by the parties.

The next assembly of the Commission will be held in the Republic of South Ossetia. Dates of the assembly will be determined in due-course through diplomatic channels.

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



Anatolii Bibilov, the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosted a meeting with Riad Haddad, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Russian Federation, who arrived in Tskhinval on the occasion of the festivities, dedicated to the Day of the Republic on September 20, 2018.

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



September 17 saw Murat Dzhioev, the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia on post-conflict settlement, heading the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva International Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia, hosting a meeting with the Co-Chairs of the Discussions representing the EU, the OSCE and the UN, who arrived in Tskhinval on a working visit.


Agenda of the forthcoming 45th round of the GID scheduled for October 9-10 has been discussed at the meeting.

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia

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Pertaining to the 10th Anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation


The 10th anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation is celebrated on September 17, 2018.

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia





On the official reception dedicated to the 9th Anniversary of Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation

A ceremonial reception dedicated to the 10th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation organized by the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry took place in the assembly hall of the South Ossetian State University on September 11.


The South Ossetian President, members of the Government and the Parliament, Russian diplomats - officers of the Embassy of the Russian Federation to the Republic of South Ossetia participated in the event.

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia

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Pertaining to the 10th Anniversary of Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation


The 10th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation is celebrated on September 9.

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



A joint news conference of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Dmitrii Medoev and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov dedicated to the 10th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between South Ossetia and Russia was held in the press-center of Sputnik IA on September 7.


The participants of the conference told about development of the interstate relations over the last years and about future joint projects.

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



A commemoration action in memory of Alexandr Zakharchenko, Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, who had been killed as a result of a terrorist attack, was held by the Representation of the Republic of South Ossetia in Italy on September 3 in Pesaro.


The action took place at the obelisk raised in memory of the Italian guerrillas who were killed by Fascists during the World War II.