Archive - 27/2/2008

“Establishment of Russian-Georgian customs checkpoints at the Russian-South-Ossetian border is nonsense”-said the Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania Taimuraz Mamsurov. Commenting to IA “Res” correspondent the information of ostensibly reached by Russia and Georgia agreement of joint control over Rok Tunnel Taimuraz Mamsurov called provocative the claims of Georgian side.

“Spreading by Georgia information of the treatment agreed with Russia on joint control over the South Ossetia and Russia border is an informational provocation”-stated the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity. “These rumors can not be explained in other way.

In the aftermaths of CIS summit held in Moscow the Georgian side is intensively spreading statements of achieving agreement with the government of Russian Federation pertaining to fulfillment of joint Russian-Georgian boundary and custom control at Russian-South-Ossetian and Russian-Abkhazian sectors of state border. This was particularly disclosed by the President Saakashvili on 26 February at the meeting with the participants and veterans of Georgian aggression against South Ossetian and Abkhazian people.