EU Observers are arriving in South Ossetia in relation to the abduction of South Ossetian citizen
The South Ossetian side has invited monitors of the EU have a spot visit to the place where Gennady Pliev, a citizen of South Ossetia was abducted from yesterday morning”. “Today, at 13:00 monitors of the EU are arriving in South Ossetia”, reported the Special Representative for Post-Conflict Settlement Boris Chochiev. “We are going to take them to the spot, where the signs of fighting and blood are still visible”. Gennady Pliev, South Ossetian citizen was abducted at around 7:00 a.m. on 4 January 2010 in the Shanghai district of Tskhinval, adjacent to the border with Georgia. According to witnesses, the abduction was made by a group of five persons.