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Today late at night has been broken the air space in the zone of the georgian-ossetian conflict. The correspondent of the agency «Res» have been informed about it at the press-service of the administration of Leningor region of the Republic of South Ossetia. Under the available information, a military helicopter with the recognition symbols of the armed forces of Georgia has flown onto the territory of RSO in the area of the village Tsinagar. Under the evidences of the local residents the helicopters were, probably, two.

Serious alarm and anxiety causes in deputies of the Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia the increase of intensity around the Republic of South Ossetia. There are bases to assume, that for the settlement of the conflict the georgian authorities plan to use force. In this connection it puts us on guard the scale manoeuvres of the georgian army and the growth of heavy military equipment and arms close to the borders of the Republic of South Ossetia, and as a consequence to that - the becoming more frequent shellings of the town of Tskhinval and the other settlements from the georgian side, the capture of hostages, provocations on the roads and against the peace-making forces, our citizens continue to be exposed to moral and physical insults at the illegally placed posts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia in the zone of the conflict, the commitment of terrorist acts on the territory of South Ossetia under the order of the georgian special services, the threat of physical destruction of the Management of the Republic of South Ossetia, the demonstrative attempts of infringement of the existing mechanisms of a negotiating process, the refusal of signing a document about the non-renewal of military operations and about the non-use of force in the case of settlement of the georgian-ossetian conflict, on what the south-ossetian side persistently insists. All this gives the basis to make a conclusion, that terrorism in Georgia is raised to the rank of state policy.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Murat Dzhioev has sent a letter to the co-chairman of JCC from the South-Ossetian side Boris Chochiev, the co-chairman of JCC from the Russian side Juriy Popov, the co-chairman of JCC from the North-Ossetian side Murat Tkhostov, the co-chairman of JCC from the Georgian side David Mandzhavidze and to the acting Head of the Mission of OSCE in Georgia Veselin Nikolaev.

On September, 4th the secretary of state, the deputy Minister of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation G.B.Karasin has met the president of South Ossetia E.D.Kokojty. During the conversation took place a detailed exchange of opinions on the state of affairs in the zone of the georgian-ossetian conflict, the reasons of sharp aggravation of the situation, the measures on counteraction to aggravation of intensity.

The Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Prindnestrovskaya Moldavian Republic Evgenij Shevchuk has met the delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia, having taken part in celebrations on the occasion of Day of formation of the Prindnestrovskaya Moldavian Republic. The structure of the delegation included the vice-chairman of the Parliament of RSO Tarzan Kokojty, the deputy minister of foreign affairs of RSO Alan Pliev and the Representative under human rights by the President of RSO David Sanakoev.

In connection with the detention and condemnation by the georgian side of the military men from the structure of the north-ossetian battalion of JPKF

On September, 3rd the temporary Charge d"Affaires of Georgia in the Russian Federation has been invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. He has been made a representation in connection with the detention and condemnation by the georgian side of the military men from the structure of the north-ossetian battalion of JPKF in the zone of the georgian-ossetian conflict on August, 29th of this year - the Russian citizens T.Khachirov and V.Valiev. As it is known, the regional court of the town of Mtskheta in an urgent order has sentenced them to two months of prison.

The Co-chairman of JCC from the georgian side Mandzhavidze has spread a letter concerning the detention of the military men of the peace-making forces from the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania by the power structures of Georgia. In the letter it is spoken, that the arrested persons are accused of an armed assault and illegal imprisonment of the citizens of Georgia, in this connection on August, 30th each of them is sentenced to 2 months of imprisonment by the Mtskheta regional court.

«The Command of JPKF expresses deep concern on occasion of frank ignoring of the requirement of the Joint Staff of JPKF about coordination of carrying out of a tripartite monitoring together with the representatives of the Mission of OSCE on the fact, stated in references from August, 30th 2007 and from August, 31st 2007», by the georgian side, including the co-chairman of the georgian part of JCC D.Mandzhavidze. The assistant of the commander of JPKF on work with the mass-media the lieutenant colonel Juriy Vereshchak informs about it.
«On August, 29th 2007 by the power structures of Georgia were illegally arrested the three military men of the peace-making forces from the Republic of North Ossetia-Аlania with subsequent passing under compulsion of the two of them beyond the territory of the zone of the georgian-ossetian conflict to the settlement Mtskheta.

The rotation of the georgian battalion of JPKF is carried out with infringement of the accepted by the parties agreements, the assistant of the commander of JPKF on contacts with mass-media the lieutenant colonel Juriy Vereshchak has declared.
«On September, 1st, 2007 the rotation of the peace-making battalion of the peace-making forces from Georgia, being in the zone of the conflict, has been carried out. The Command of JPKF has received a notification from the co-chairman of JCC from the georgian side Dmitriy Mandzhavidze on August, 30th 2007 for № 4-9/549. The rotation is carried out with infringement of the accepted by the parties’ agreements.

The apparatus of the south-ossetian part of JCC has sent a letter to the co-chairmen of JCC from the Russian, the North-Ossetian and the Georgian sides, in which in particular it is spoken:
«On August, 31st the Georgian mass media have spread a statement referring the senior military chief of the georgian battalion of JPKF Mamuka Kurashvili, that the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokojty has ostensibly proposed the establishment of means of anti-missile defence on the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia. In the information of the georgian mass-media there are also given the offensive words of M.Kurashvili in the address of the supreme political leader of the Republic of South Ossetia.