Representative Office of South Ossetia, Donetsk

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Representative Office of South Ossetia, Donetsk is an unofficial diplomatic mission of South Ossetia. The office is located in the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Donetsk. South Ossetia has recognized the DPR, but it hasn't created an official embassy so far as of 2016.

## History[edit]

South Ossetia recognized the DPR in 2014. The South Ossetian president Leonid Tibilov announced that the foreign ministry would establish the diplomatic mission in Donetsk.[1]

The representative office was opened in Donetsk, the DPR's capital, on 16 April 2015.[2] It is the first foreign diplomatic mission in Donetsk.

The Donetsk Ministry of Foreign Affairs proclaimed:[3]

> This event will help to strengthen the friendly relations and the development of relations not only in diplomacy, but also in the economic, humanitarian and social spheres.

## See also[edit]

* International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
* International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic
* List of diplomatic missions of South Ossetia
* List of diplomatic missions of the Donetsk People's Republic
* Foreign relations of South Ossetia

## References[edit]

1. ^ "South Ossetia recognizes independence of Donetsk People's Republic". TASS. 2014-06-27. Archived from the original on 2016-11-17.
2. ^ "Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia. 2015-04-16. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04.
3. ^ "Representative Office of South Ossetia was opened in the DPR". Novorossia Today. 2015-04-17. Archived from the original on 2015-09-10.