Representative Office of South Ossetia, Donetsk

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
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.

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

The Donetsk Ministry of Foreign Affairs proclaimed: "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."