In Tskhinval, the co-chairs of the Geneva Discussions have once again seen the willingness of all the participants to continue working within the format, the EU Co-Chair Magdalena Grono has stated at the briefing following the latest meeting.
The IPRM is a mechanism within which specific problems and objectives to reduce tension and improve the life of the population will continue to be addressed, the OSCE Co-Chair Christophe Späti announced at the briefing in Tskhinval.
He has noted that five IPRM meetings have already been held in the village of Ergnet this year, and two more are planned .by the end of the year.
Späti has also announced that the next, 65th round of the Geneva Discussions will take place on November 11-12.
The main result of the Geneva Discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia is that hostilities have not resumed for 17 years, the UN Co-Chair Hailu Mamo stated at the briefing in Tskhinval.
"And this is, in part, a credit to the IPRM format. This is not about the mechanism itself, but about the contribution of all the negotiating participants," Mamo has noted.
He emphasized the contribution of three international organizations to the Geneva Discussions: the OSCE, the UN, and the EU.
The International discussions on security and stability in the Caucasus are the important element in ensuring normal life, predictability, calm, and peace in the region.
This was stated by Konstantin Kochiev, a head of the South Ossetian delegation and State Advisor to President, at the meeting with the co-chairs of the Geneva Discussions in Tskhinval.
The meeting is being held in preparation for the 65th round of the discussions.
Kochiev also noted the key role of the IPRM in maintaining stability on the border between South Ossetia and Georgia.
South Ossetian diplomats, led by Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev, took part in the event at the Cathedral of Our Lady in Moscow dedicated to the canonization by the Roman Catholic Church of the Venezuelan blessed Dr. José Gregorio Hernández and Mother Carmen Rendiles.
Among those invited were representatives of the Russian government agencies and the Russian Foreign Ministry, the diplomatic corps accredited in Moscow, and the church parishioners, according to the Foreign Ministry's press service.
