It is expected that a hand over of citizens either serving their sentence or under investigation in South Ossetia and Georgia will take place in the village of Ergneti at the boundary line between South Ossetia and Georgia, reported the Special Representative for Post-Conflict Settlement Boris Chochiev.
The president of the World congress of people in Georgia Alexander Ebralidze is the terminator of freedom of multinational population of South Ossetia, as the president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili. This declaration has been made today to the IA «Res» by the independent expert Inal Pliev, commenting the statement of A. Ebralidze at the press-conference at the central office of «Interfax», that «reconstruction of relations of Georgia with South Osetia and Abkhazia will be the part of our program. We see the model of intergration within the frames of confederation».
Some answers of the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia A. K. Lucashevich to the questions of Mass Media. February, 17. 2011
Question: Having speech at the Parliament of Georgia, Saakashivli again made a statement of his readiness for having a dialogue with Russia. How could you comment his words?
A round-table focusing on civil society related issues was held in Tskhinval. The round-table was organized by Council of Young Specialists to the city branch of "Yedinstvo" political party. The South Ossetian president's advisor Kosta Dzugaev, member of "Yedinstvo" Eleonora Bedoeva, as well as representatives of the Council of Young Specialists, youth and journalists participated in the round-table discussion.
Kosta Dzugaev noted that the problem of civil society was quite acute in South Ossetia. "Civil society is a group of socially active people. With the current situation in our society, the attitude of socially active people to the problems of our public and political life is particularly important". Dzugaev gave a broad explanation of the current situation with the civil society.
Signing the agreement in the field of geological studying and exploring the depths of earth says of dynamic development of the bi-lateral intergovernmental relations between South Ossetia and Russia. It was declared by the president of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoyty, at the briefing, which had taken place in Tskhinval after the ceremony of signing the intergovernmental agreement in the field of geological studying and exploring. the depths of earth. "This event will also promote the development of preservation of environmental activities and exploring the depths of earth in South Ossetia", - has emphasized Kokoyty.
South Ossetia and Georgia are intending to continue the discussing of the issue of transmitting the convicted on February 17 in the boundary georgian village Ergneti. The Head of the South-Ossetian delegation Merab Chigoev informed IA "RES" of this fact. Three-lateral meeting within the framework of joint mechanisms on prevention and reaction on the incidents (MPRI) will be conducted
Fotoexhibition "Kosovo - South Osetiya: the glance inside out" will be opened tomorrow, February 17, in Russian museum in Nizhny Novgorod. The author Nataliya Batraeva reported IA "RES", that 100 photographies in genre of reporting will be exposed at the exhibition.As she says, the georgian-ossetian war in August 2008 had very oppressive impression on her. "The whole meaning of the five-day war we are not able to understand, it is enough to say that the operation on abolishion was identified on-georgian "Tsminda veli" that is translated, as "Clean field".
A meeting of the Co-Chairmen of the Geneva discussions on security in South Caucasus with the members of the South Ossetia delegation to the discussions took place in Tskhinval. For the South Ossetian side the Special Representative for Post-Conflict Settlement Boris Chochiev, Deputy Special Representative Merab Chigoev, the Minister for Foreign Affairs Murat Djioev and the Special Representative for Human Rights David Sanakoev participated in the meeting. The delegation included the EU Envoy Pierre Moreal, OSCE Representative for protracted conflicts Giedrius Chekuolis and the UN Co-Chairman Antti Turunen. In his opening speech, Chochiev conveyed apologies from the South Ossetian president Eduard Kokoity, a meeting with whom was in the initial program of the visit of the Co-Chairmen to South Osseita. The meeting was cancelled due to technical reasons.
South Ossetia and Georgia intend to continue the discussion of hand-over of detainees on 17 February in the Georgian village of Ergneti in the areas adjacent to the border with South Ossetia. This was reported by the head of the South Ossetian delegation Merab Chigoev. The trilateral meeting to take place within the frameworks of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IRPM).
The implementation of the complex plan of South Ossetia's rehabilitation was discussed in Moscow during the meeting of the President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity and the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. As reported the press-service of the president and governemtn of South Ossetia, this was a working meeting.