[1] In 2005 Kochiev was the South Ossetian representative from the Moscow-based "Forum on Democracy and Multiculturalism in the Euro-East" which saw representatives from South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Artsakh and Transnistria[a] which denounced the United States, praised Serbia denouncing Kosovo, and called on Russia to invade and annex Georgia.
[2] The Forum also denounced the territorial integrity of Georgia as a Soros-backed conspiracy, claimed Moldova was perpetrating a genocide, and that Ukraine's orange revolution was a threat to global democracy.
[5] In 2017 Kochiev served as State Councilor of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia during the tenure of Anatoliy Bibilov, and received the Order of Friendship in a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Ministry of foreign affairs.
[6] He received the award alongside other veterans of the ministry, including; Dmitiy Medoev, the first minister of foreign affairs, Andrey Tskhovrebov, the first deputy minister of foreign affairs, Murat Dzhioev, one of the leading negotiators following the 1991 war, Zaira Valieva, the incumbent Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Akhsar Dzhioev, the longtime ambassador of South Ossetia to Russia, Alan Pliev, another deputy foreign minister, Sergey Surago, the South Ossetian, the South Ossetian diplomat to Transnistria, and Inga Kochieva, Madina Valieva, Zarina Kochieva, Emma Tibilova, and Irina Tskhovrebova, all counselors in the ministry.
[8] The delegation claimed that the USD$500,000 price tag to hold the referendum was the main reason that it hasn't happened yet.