Государственное информационное агентство "Рес"

The KGB of South Ossetia responsibly declares that a quadcopter of the South Ossetian Prosecutor General’s Office was shot down by targeted fire of the Georgian security forces, and the firing was conducted in the direction of the territory of South Ossetia, the State Security Committee said on Monday.

"This fact is reliably confirmed by numerous testimonies from local residents who were not far from the scene of the incident and heard the sounds of indiscriminate shooting from Georgian territory," the KGB said.

The delegation of South Ossetia for the third time in a week will meet with the Georgian party at a technical meeting to discuss the situation with the putting up of an illegal checkpoint in the village of Tsnelis.

As reported to IA “Res» by the Presidential Executive Offuce, the meeting as part of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) is scheduled for 15:00. The South Ossetian party hopes for a constructive position of the Georgian side on this issue, which will help relieving tension on the border.

The Foreign Ministry of South Ossetia on Sunday issued a statement in connection with the provocative actions of Georgia.

Georgia has once again raised the degree of tension on the border line of the Republic of South Ossetia and Georgia by firing in the direction of the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia, the Presidential Executive Office said.

"Thus, Georgia has confirmed its aggressive intentions towards South Ossetia and created a situation dangerous for residents of the border villages," the Presidential Executive Office noted.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia called on the Georgian side to abandon the course towards provoking a conflict and to refrain from any steps that could lead to an escalation of tension in the region, the Foreign Ministry said.

The Foreign Ministry is closely monitoring the situation associated with the provocative actions of Georgia in the border areas of the Republic of South Ossetia.

Elderly Eteri Gogaladze lovingly chills her husband. He wipes his eyes moist with tears with his palms. “Why did he bring me here from the village of Brolasan. Now I'm afraid for him, not for myself. I’m Georgian, maybe they won’t touch me, but I’m worried about Yura. They have lived here all their lives. And now it became restless in our quiet village. On the one hand, Georgians stand day and night, and on the other hand, Ossetians go armed. I feel sorry for them. Yesterday I made pita bread, there are pickles, cheese.

South Ossetian Foreign Minister Dmitry Medoev told RIA Novosti that Georgia’s actions on the border with South Ossetia are aimed at seizing minerals, which, in his opinion, will then be transferred to foreign investors for development.

Deputy Chairman of the Government - Minister of Economic Development of South Ossetia Gennady Bekoev and Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade of the SAR Samer Al Khalil signed an agreement on opening trading houses in the Republic of South Ossetia and the Syrian Arab Republic, the press service of the Government of South Ossetia reported.

The signing of the document took place today as part of the official visit of the South Ossetian delegation to Damascus.

A technical meeting of the South Ossetian delegation with the Georgian party with the participation of representatives of the OSCE and the EU Observer Mission in Georgia (EUMM) ended in the Tsnelis village of South Ossetia, where the Georgian illegal roadblock was put up, the state television journalist Alan Tibilov told IA “Res. “

South Ossetia is demanding from the Georgian side to answer the question about the fate of the five citizens of the Republic who disappeared in August 2008, Murat Dzhioyev, Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement, said at a briefing in Tskhinval.