Question: On 23 of January at the “Interfax” agency was held the press-conference of the President of South Ossetia were he came out with a number of new initiatives within the context of the Georgian-Ossetian settlement. How this event estimates by the Russian MFA?
The water supply of the capital of South Ossetia providing by the Edis-Tskhinval water-pipe is completely ceased. As the deputy of the head of Tskhinval administration Alan Kotaev informed IA “Res” correspondent, at about 11:00 town water supply was completely cut.
RSO Minister for Special Affairs Boris Chochiev met the manager of OSCE donor program and conflict zone rehabilitation Rayan Grist. South Ossetian side was also represented by the member of organizational committee from RSO Leonid Tibilov and RSO representative in organizational committee Indira Medoeva.
According to the plan of JPKF combat training in winter teach time on Zar fire-range Russian JPKF battalion is conducting planned fire training of the personnel today from 9:00 to 14:00, as assistant of JPKF commander on liaison with media lieutenant colonel Yuri Vereschak informed “Res” correspondent.
According to the information of Deputy Minister of Education of RSO Mukhar Djeranov provided to “Res” correspondent “due to the situation the holidays will prolong for another week in Tskhinval, as soon as all water communications and collecting systems cannot function. This decision was made by the Ministry of Education of RSO to avoid creation and dissemination of infection diseases” said Djeranov.
The Co-Chairman of South Ossetian part of JCC Boris Chochiev met with the Head of Tskhinval OSCE Office Bozhidar Dimitrov. At the meeting they discussed a range of questions pertaining to activities of Mission in the Republic.
The situation with the water supply of the capital of RSO – Tskhinval remains extremely complicated. As deputy mayor of Tskhinval Alan Kotaev informed “Res” correspondent town water supply was practically cut off at 12 o’clock on 13 January evening.
Recently Saakashvili has stated that in case of his win at the presidential elections in Georgia he would intend to “settle relations with Russia”. “Res” correspondent accosted RSO Foreign Minister Murat Djioev for the comments.
-In fact, the development of relations between Russia and Georgia is their own business.
However, knowing present aspirations of Georgian political elite such a statement of Saakashvili is rather doubtful. And who did derange their relations?
The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, in which the Lithuanian side expresses indignation by the fact, that on October, 16th, 2007 the experts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and the embassy of Lithuania in Georgia have not been admitted to Tskhinval, has commented the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Murat Dzhioev:
«On October, 19th in Tskhinval there took place the next session of the Organizing committee on realization of the donor program of OSCE, in which have also taken part the representatives of Lithuania, as one of the countries-donors of the program. As if to the visit of the representatives of Lithuania on October, 16th, then the Embassy of Lithuania in Georgia did not address the authorities of South Ossetia on this question. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia has been informed about it by the Tskhinval office of OSCE on realization of the program. However the realization of the visit was not possible as literally these days the authorities of Lithuania received Dmitriy Sanakoev, who was giving himself for the "representative" of South Ossetia, and actually being the petty officer without a certain status in the administrative hierarchy of Georgia and not having any right to speak on the behalf of the people of South Ossetia. Before it, on September, 21st the Ambassador of Lithuania in Georgia has arrived by the roundabout road to the village of Tamarasheni, which is on the territory of the part of South Ossetia, occupied by Georgia, on a conference, specially organized there by the authorities of Georgia with the purpose of giving some legitimacy to its sham « temporary administrative unit », headed by Sanakoev.
As it has already been informed by the news agency "Res", on October, 21st the georgian special services have kidnapped the inhabitant of Znaur region of the Republic South Ossetia Ivan Bestaev. The correspondent of «Res» has addressed for comments on the given incident to the co-chairman of the Joint Control Commission from the south-ossetian side Boris Chochiev. To his words, in the Republic of South Ossetia they expected that the georgian side would make something similar.