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In connection with the detention and condemnation by the georgian side of the military men from the structure of the north-ossetian battalion of JPKF

On September, 3rd the temporary Charge d"Affaires of Georgia in the Russian Federation has been invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. He has been made a representation in connection with the detention and condemnation by the georgian side of the military men from the structure of the north-ossetian battalion of JPKF in the zone of the georgian-ossetian conflict on August, 29th of this year - the Russian citizens T.Khachirov and V.Valiev. As it is known, the regional court of the town of Mtskheta in an urgent order has sentenced them to two months of prison.

The Co-chairman of JCC from the georgian side Mandzhavidze has spread a letter concerning the detention of the military men of the peace-making forces from the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania by the power structures of Georgia. In the letter it is spoken, that the arrested persons are accused of an armed assault and illegal imprisonment of the citizens of Georgia, in this connection on August, 30th each of them is sentenced to 2 months of imprisonment by the Mtskheta regional court.

«The Command of JPKF expresses deep concern on occasion of frank ignoring of the requirement of the Joint Staff of JPKF about coordination of carrying out of a tripartite monitoring together with the representatives of the Mission of OSCE on the fact, stated in references from August, 30th 2007 and from August, 31st 2007», by the georgian side, including the co-chairman of the georgian part of JCC D.Mandzhavidze. The assistant of the commander of JPKF on work with the mass-media the lieutenant colonel Juriy Vereshchak informs about it.
«On August, 29th 2007 by the power structures of Georgia were illegally arrested the three military men of the peace-making forces from the Republic of North Ossetia-Аlania with subsequent passing under compulsion of the two of them beyond the territory of the zone of the georgian-ossetian conflict to the settlement Mtskheta.

The rotation of the georgian battalion of JPKF is carried out with infringement of the accepted by the parties agreements, the assistant of the commander of JPKF on contacts with mass-media the lieutenant colonel Juriy Vereshchak has declared.
«On September, 1st, 2007 the rotation of the peace-making battalion of the peace-making forces from Georgia, being in the zone of the conflict, has been carried out. The Command of JPKF has received a notification from the co-chairman of JCC from the georgian side Dmitriy Mandzhavidze on August, 30th 2007 for № 4-9/549. The rotation is carried out with infringement of the accepted by the parties’ agreements.

The apparatus of the south-ossetian part of JCC has sent a letter to the co-chairmen of JCC from the Russian, the North-Ossetian and the Georgian sides, in which in particular it is spoken:
«On August, 31st the Georgian mass media have spread a statement referring the senior military chief of the georgian battalion of JPKF Mamuka Kurashvili, that the President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokojty has ostensibly proposed the establishment of means of anti-missile defence on the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia. In the information of the georgian mass-media there are also given the offensive words of M.Kurashvili in the address of the supreme political leader of the Republic of South Ossetia.

In the night from August, 31st for September, 1st in Dzhava region of RSO there was prevented the attempt of penetration on a guarded object of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of RSO. The infringer tried to get on the object. After the hail of the sentry the infringer has tried to disappear. In spite of the fact that the sentry has made a precautionary shot upwards but the infringer has not obeyed. The sentry has been compelled to open fire for destruction. A criminal case is brought on the given fact. In the interests of investigation the personality of the infringer is not divulged.

The South-Ossetian part of JCC informs that till now we are not aware of the ubiety and the state of health of the detained peacemakers from Ossetia - the fire sergeant of the peace-making battalion of JPKF from Ossetia the ensign Valiev Vitaliy Otkievich and the commander of the branch the sergeant Khachirov Aron Shalvovich. That is spoken in the letter of the co-chairman of JCC from South Ossetia Boris Chochiev to the co-chairmen of JCC from the Russian, the North -Ossetian and the Georgian sides.

On August 25, three Georgian citizens were detained by the law supporting officials of South Ossetia. The detainees carrying video equipment penetrated into the Leningori region of South Ossetia, in violation of the rules established by Republic’s legislation for the citizens of the neighbouring states. On August 27, journalists from the Georgian TV-companies ‘Rustavi-2’ and ‘Mze’ were also detained by the representatives of the Republic’s Internal Ministry on charges of violating the rules established for entry and stay on South Ossetia’s territory and of carrying out video filming without proper accreditation.
After proper investigation and with the observance of all legal procedures the detainees were deported from South Ossetia’s territory.

The Co-chairman of JCC from the South-Ossetian side Boris Chochiev has sent a letter to the co-chairmen of JCC from the Russian, the North-Ossetian and the Georgian sides - to Juriy Popov, Murat Tkhostov and Dmitriy Mandzhavidze. In the letter, in particular, it is spoken:
«On August, 29th at 8 o"clock in the morning the georgian side has carried out the next provocation against the military men of an ossetian battalion of the peace-making forces in the zone of the georgian-ossetian conflict. Three ossetian peacemakers, following from the settlement Tsinagari on a service vehicle of JPKF, have been seized by the employees of the power structures of Georgia without any explanation of the reasons.

The South-Ossetian side marks, that the georgian side purposely breaks the mandate of its battalion of the peace-making forces, continues creating difficulties for the peace-making operation, in infringement of the before signed agreements submits not to the Joint Military Command of JPKF, but to the Ministry of Defence of Georgia. That is spoken in the letter of the co-chairman of JCC from South Ossetia Boris Chochiev to the co-chairmen of JCC from the Russian, the North-Ossetian and the Georgian sides.