Anatoly Bibilov
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to visit South Ossetia
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has accepted an invitation to visit Tskhinvali (Tskhinval), South Ossetian president Anatoly Bibilov announced in a Monday press conference. The Georgian government condemned the announcement, calling it a ‘gross violation of international norms’. ‘On behalf of our people, I invited Assad to visit our republic, and he accepted’, said Bibilov, adding that he did not yet know whether Assad would be in Tskhinvali on the 10th anniversary of the Russian recogn