On 11 July the officers of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of South Ossetia stopped a vehicle that belonged to the OSCE Mission in Tskhinval. Further to that the acting chairman of the OSCE Karel De Gyukht demanded an explanation from the leadership of South Ossetia. The correspondent of “Res” agency approached Boris Chochiev, First deputy Prime Minister, to comment the situation:
Today the officers of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of South Ossetia near village Zar stopped a vehicle that belongs to the OSCE Office in Tskhinval.
Earlier the Ministry of Interior of Georgia announced that all the people that crowded at the check point Upper Lars will be allowed to enter Georgia till 14 July through South Ossetia. After 14 July those that are going to Georgia will not to take the same root.
The correspondent of the informational agency “Res” approached Boris Chochiev, First Deputy Prime Minister, JCC Co-Chairman for the South Ossetian side.
The Ossetian side made an announcement in respect of the illegal road blockage by the Georgian forces. The announcement particularly says that if by 10 a.m. on July 11, 2006 the part of the TransCaucasian highway Tamarasheni-Kekhvi is not opened for free movement, the Ossetian side will take adequate measures.
The President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity sent telegrams to Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation and A. Tishanin
Grigory Marakutsa, Representative of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Pridnestrovie on Interparlimentary Ties, called Mr. Alan Pliev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of RSO. During the telephone conversation he expressed his condolences to the family and relatives of Oleg Alborov, Secretary of Security Council, killed in the terrorist act.
The regular meeting of the Joint Control Commission on the resolution of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict (JCC) should have taken place on 11-12 July. At the request the Georgian side the meeting has been postponed.
The President of the Republic of South Ossetia met with the residents of villages of Artsev and Dmenis of Tskhinvali region at the instance of the residents.
The situation around South Ossetia is again tensed. This is coursed by the military exercises that are carried out in Georgia, by the new military supplies to Georgia as well as by the hard statements of the Minister of Interior of Georgia in respect of South Ossetia.
Currently the situation in the conflict zone is critical. The escalation of the tension is done purposely, all the activities carried out by the Georgian side are meant to provoke the Ossetian side. This was announced by Mikhail Mindzsev, Minister of Interior, Republic of South Ossetia at the press-conference.