Archive - 14/9/2007

Earlier it was already informed about the illegal arrest and imprisonment by the georgian side of the Russian citizens T.Khachirov and V.Valiev, the military men of the north-ossetian battalion of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces (JPKF) in the zone of the georgian-ossetian conflict, having taken place on August, 29th, 2007.
Despite the demarches of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, the urgent appeals of the embassy of Russia in Tbilisi, our military men are not released till the present time. The Russian consular representatives have not received access to them. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia does not give any intelligible explanations to the violent actions of the georgian law enforcement bodies against the peacemakers. No proofs are presented to the ostensibly committed by them offences.

Today the representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have arrived in the Republic of South Ossetia with an official visit. The delegation has entered the readers of supplementary report of PACE Matthias Jorsh and Kastriot Islami, and also the adviser on political questions of PACE Ivi-Тriin Odrats.
The European members of the parliament were accepted in Tskhinval by the chairman of the Parliament of RSO Znaur Gassiev. In the meeting there also took part the Minister of Foreign Affairs of RSO Murat Dzhioev, the vice-presidents of the Parliament of RSO Juriy Dzitstsojty and Tarzan Kokojty, the secretary of the south-ossetian part of JCC Leonid Tibilov, and also the deputies of the Parliament of RSO.

The two inhabitants of Georgia, detained by the Russian peacemakers on Tuesday at a post near the settlement of Megvrekisi, are already released. The correspondent of the agency «Res» has been informed about it by the assistant of the commander of JPKF the lieutenant colonel Juriy Vereshchak.
The citizens of Georgia have been detained in the second half of the day on September, 11th at the check point «Мegvrekisi» of the peace-making forces, at which the Russian military men carry service.

In the address of the command of JPKF has arrived a letter from September, 11th, 2007 for № 4-9/595 from the co-chairman of the georgian part of JCC D.Mandzhavidze on occasion of ostensibly illegal arrest of the two citizens of Georgia at the check point of the Peacemaking Forces from the Russian Federation «Megvrekisi» with the requirement of «immediate release of the arrested persons, indemnification of the caused damage and the decision on the termination of functioning of the post of the Peacemaking Forces of the Russian Federation «Megvrekisi»». It would be desirable to note, that the detention of the two citizens of Georgia has been made for illegal actions concerning the military men of the Peacemaking Forces of the Russian Federation, carrying out their task at a peace-making post «Megvrekisi». We remind, that the check point of the Peacemaking Forces from the Russian Federation «Megvrekisi» is, first of all, a check point but not an observant post. In conformity with the article 4 of the Appendix №1 to the decision of JCC from December, 6th, 1994 (Protocol №7) «The military contingents and military observers have the right: - to check the citizens" documents proving the identity, on entry permit, departure permit, movement, and also to make examination of the persons, cargoes and vehicles; - to detain the citizens, breaking the established rules of the mode of state emergency with the subsequent transfer to the law enforcement bodies on the basis of the current legislation».