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On February, 28th, 2007 the representatives of the international nongovernmental organization «Saferworld»: Robert Parker, the director of the department of Europe, and Malgozhata Vasilevska, the senior coordinator of projects, engaged in security issues and the prevention of the illegal circulation of light and small arms, have made a visit to South Ossetia Republic. Within the limits of the visit took place the meeting of the representatives of «Saferworld» with the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Republic M.K.Dzhioev and the Head of the Apparatus of the Co-chairman of the South-Ossetian part of the Joint Control Commission on settlement of the georgian-ossetian conflict L.H.Tibilov.

According to the information of the department on public relations of the Committee on State Security of South Ossetia Republic, the Georgian party prepares a number of provocations in relation to the peace citizens of South Ossetia Republic, moving on the roads, controllable by the Georgian armed formations in the zone of the georgian-ossetian conflict. The basic purpose is the discredit of the citizens of ossetian nationality in opinion of the world community.

The meeting of the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Republic M.K.Dzhioev and the Head of the Apparatus of the Co-chairman of the South-Ossetian part of the Joint Control Commission L.H. Tibilov with the delegation of representation of the USA in OSCE, which has been presented by Jeff VanDriel, the head of the department on resource management, and Chris Sibyl, the officer on political questions, has taken place.

According to information of the department of public relations of the south-ossetian Committee of State Security, several provocations against inhabitants of South Ossetia Republic are being prepared by Georgian side on the roads which are controlled by the Georgian militarized formations.

\"The visits of the first persons of Georgia of the territory of South Ossetia Republic are an intervention into the internal affairs of an independent state\". The Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Republic Murat Dzhioev has declared about it, making comments on the visit of the prime minister of Georgia Zurab Nogaideli of the georgian-populated villages of South Ossetia.

Today the prime minister of Georgia Zurab Nogaideli is going to get into the georgian-populated villages of South Ossetia Republic, that are temporary not under control to the authorities of South Ossetia Republic. Not having coordinated his actions with the authorities of South Ossetia Republic, the Georgian prime-minister is going to get there on roundabout road.

The Deputy Prime-Minister of the Government of South Ossetia Republic, the Co-chairman of the south-ossetian part of JCC Boris Chochiev has met the commissioner of the Council of Europe under human rights Thomas Hammarberg.

The third day proceed the lawless actions at the illegal post, placed by the Georgian militarized formations in the village Kurta, which is temporarily not under control to the authorities of South Ossetia Republic. The correspondent of the agency \"Res\" was informed about it by the driver of the lorry, which is also in Kurta, Igor Gazzayev.

The co-chairman of JCC from the south-ossetian party Boris Chochiev has sent a letter to the Head of the Mission of OSCE in Georgia Roy Riv, in which he once again confirms the readiness of the south-ossetian party to take part in the meeting of the co-chairmen of JCC on settlement of the georgian-ossetian conflict under the condition of observance of the offers of the ossetian party.

Tonight the posts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia Republic, located on border with Georgia, and the inhabited quarters of the southern outskirts of Tshinval have again undergone the massed shelling. The shelling was conducted from 23:30pm during 30 minutes from the automatic weapon and the special weapon, equipped with the devices of silent firing, from the Georgian villages Nikozi and Ergneti. The weapon emplacements of the attacked aggressors have been suppressed by a reciprocal fire.