Переговоры в рамках женевских дискуссий

At the meeting in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), South Ossetia announced the increased provocative incidents on the border with Georgia, said Yegor Kochiev, the head of the South Ossetian delegation to the IPRM.

The South Ossetian side insists on a meeting in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism after almost a year break, negotiations are tentatively scheduled for July 30, the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the meetings in this format Yegor Kochiev told IA “Res ”.

“A preliminary agreement has been reached. For several weeks, taking into account the recent incidents at the border, there were intensive consultations on the hotline in order to find the possibility of resuming meetings in the IPRM format,”Kochiev said.

On April 22, 2020, a videoconference was held between the participants of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva international discussions on security in Transcaucasia with the Co-Chairs and co-moderators of the discussions - representatives of the UN, OSCE and the European Union. This was reported by the press service of the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the President of South Ossetia on issues of post-conflict settlement.

At the Geneva discussions, South Ossetia will rigidly raise the question of Georgia’s responsibility for the Ossetian genocide and seek its recognition from the international community,” said President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov in his message on Wednesday.

The Geneva discussions on Transcaucasia, scheduled for March 31 - April 1, were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement, head of the South Ossetian delegation Murat Dzhioev told IA "Res "on Monday.

"We have just received a letter from the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions to reschedule the meeting. The participants in the discussions cannot take part in it because of the situation with coronavirus in Europe. The date of the next meeting is still unknown," he said.

South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov instructed his ambassador for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev to raise the issue of the Ossetian people’s genocide in 1920 at the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia

In 2019 took place four rounds of international discussions on stability and security in Transcaucasia. The Geneva talks were launched on October 15, 2008. The discussions are held in accordance with the Medvedev-Sarkozy agreements that were reached after the Georgian aggressor, which committed aggression against the Republic of South Ossetia on August 8, 2008, was forced to peace

The main goal of the discussions was and remains the development of bilateral legally binding agreements on the non-use of Georgian forces against South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Representatives of South Ossetia at the Geneva discussions reiterated the justification for the need to work together with representatives of the Georgian authorities on the delimitation of the South Ossetian-Georgian state border, as this could remove a wide range of problems for the population on both sides of the border, the South Ossetian delegation said in a final message to the media on Thursday.

Russia is interested in a stable and safe situation on the borders of Georgia with South Ossetia and Abkhazia, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko.

Concern was expressed over continued tensions in the Georgian-South Ossetian border region, especially in the vicinity of the village of Tsnelis.

Russia at the next round of the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia reiterated the need to ensure access for Abkhazia and South Ossetia to international platforms.