meant to provoke the Ossetian side. This was announced by Mikhail Mindzsev, Minister of Interior, Republic of South Ossetia at the press-conference.
”The information that is received by us is not optimistic. The Georgian side is trying to provoke the Ossetian Forces to retaliatory actions against the Georgian population but we will not take any illegal steps. Force is not going to be used against the citizens of Georgian ethnicity. Today any provocation can cause chain reaction. We are sitting on a powder keg. The patience of people is not without limits, people are demanding from us actions and if the activities are going to continue with the same scenario, we will protect our people. If God forbid, there will be victims, Georgia will be on fire. The Georgians and Ossetians have to understand where we are going. We have reached the critical point. I would like to apply to the Georgian and Ossetian people to show self-restrain and do not allow provocations”, - said Mikhail Mindzaev.
As for the illegal check point of the Georgian Special Forces in Pris, the Minister said the check point is still there. “The residents of the village are extremely frightened and they are currently protected by the staff of the Ministry of Interior of the RSO”, - he added.
