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The President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoitz held a meeting with chief representatives of law enforcement and defense bodies of South Ossetia. Prime-Minister Vadim Brovtsev attended the meeting. In his opening speech, Eduard Kokoity noted that the people of South Ossetia had once again demonstrated high political culture: "Our people is well aware of who is going to destabilize the situation around South Ossetia for what purpose, who is pursuing what political goals by organizing different actions", said the president commenting on the information disseminated by certain media sources about the "opposition" rally scheduled for 20 March in Tskhinval.

The Geneva Talks Co-Chair delegation visited South Ossetia. The delegation was headed by the EU Co-Chair Pierre Morel. OSCE Co-Chair Bolat Nurgaliev and UN Co-Chair Antti Turunen, OSCE Secretariat representative Rasa Ostrauskaite, the European Commission Senior Political Advisor and UNHCR representative were among the delegation.
In Tskhinval, the delegation was received by South Ossetian Foreign Minister Murat Djioev and Deputy Special Representative for Post-Conflict Settlement Merab Chigoev. The Deputy Foreign Minister Alan Pliev and the President's Special Representative for Human Rights David Sanakoev also attended the meeting. In his introductory speech, Murat Djioev expressed his hope that the meeting would be fruitful for the preparation of the next round of talks. He noted that after August 2008, the only international mechanism capable to defuse tensions in the region are the Geneva discussions. "We believe we can reach an agreement on non-use of force paper within the frameworks of the Geneva discussions. It is crucially important. It is a key element in the process of settlement on other issues of Georgian-Ossetian relations", said Djioev.

On 18 March, the Co-Chairs of the Geneva Discussions- representatives of the EU, OSCE and UN, are arriving in South Ossetia, reports the office of the Special Representative for Post-Conflict Settlement. The Co-Chairs Delegation is headed by the EU Envoy Pierre Morel.
It was also reported the during their visit, the Co-Chairs will meet with the South Ossetian Foreign Minister Murat Djioev, the RSO President's Advisor Konstantin Kochiev, HR Commissioner David Sanakoev and Deputy Special Representative for Post-Conflict Settlement Merab Chigoev.

The Head of Tskhinval city Administration Gerasim Khugaev had a meeting with media representatives. The meeting's discussion mainly focused on the opposition rally planned for 21 March. As Khugaev underlined, the Republic of South Ossetia is a free and democratic state guaranteeing freedom of assemblies, street rallies and demonstrations. In order to organize such an event, a citizen or a group of citizens should address the administration of the place , where the event is going to happen.

The Tskhinval city Mayor's Office did not permit holding the rally in the town on 20 March. The refusal is linked to the procedural violations with the submission of the rally permission request. Namely, the organizers of the rally in Tskhinval preferred to stay unknown. The call for street rally was inspired by Georgian special forces and their Moscow-based followers from among the Ossetian traitors. As the Interior Ministry Press-Service reported to IA RES that any attempt from the outside to blow up the situation in the republic will be suppressed by law enforcement bodies.

A column of Georgian armed forces appeared close to the border with South Ossetia, stated the Special Representative for Post-Conflict Settlement Boris Chochiev. “Near the village of Mejvriskhevi, a movement of a big column of Georgian armed forces arriving from the Georgian town of Gori has been observed, said Chochiev. And, as usual, the EUMM observers are carrying out a covering mission”. According to him, Georgia is preparing a new provocation. “Georgian authorities started to implement new provocations.

The Foreign Minister of South Ossetia Murat Djioev called the report of "Imedi" channel Saturday evening about alleged intrusion of Russian troops a provocation causing panic all around Georgia. "This was a provocation aggravating the situation speaks for the fact that the Georgian authorities are getting prepared for certain actions, and bearing in mind the fact that after the broadcast information, Georgian armed forces moved towards the boundary line of South Ossetia", stated Murat Djioev. "With this report, the Georgian authorities expected to threaten the people of Georgia and support the created enemy image of Russia, though Russia and Russian armed forces came to Georgia exclusively as friends and protectors", said the Minister.

The Ambassador of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation Dmitry Medoev believes that the report shown by Georgia TV channel "Imedi" on an alleged invasion of Russian armed forces, which had provoked panic all around Georgia Saturday evening, should not be broadcast since it was a "plot" designed for a case of new military adventures of Tbilisi.

Certain political forces in Georgia, while observing the fatal policy carried out by president Saakashvili, sober-mindedly assess the situation in the country and its international position. Therefore, many oppositional leaders started to communicate with Russia in order to mitigate the current Georgian-Russian relations, stated the South Ossetian Foreign Minister commenting on the recent visit of Zurab Nogaideli, the leader of the movement "For Fair Georgia", to Moscow.

Georgian authorities started to carry out new provocations, stated the Special Representative for Post-Conflict Settlement Boris Chochiev commenting on the reports by Georgian media about alleged shooting at the village of Nikozi from the South Ossetian side.
Boris Chochiev reminded that while making a speech at the Royal Institute for International Affairs in London, Georgian President Saakashvili stated a new war in the South Caucasus region is possible and that he would no exclude the probability of the conflict in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.