On 24 June, a meeting of the State Secretary, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation G.Karasin with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia M.Djioev and Special Representative of South Ossetia's President for Post-Conflict Settlement B.Chochiev.
During the thorough discussion, the newly emerged situation in the South Caucasus with the withdrawal of the OSCE monitoring mission in are of the Georgian-Ossetian borderline was touched upon. Both parties expressed their common disappointment about the approach of the Western states towards the presence of the international observers in this region and the reluctance of these states to take into account the political and legal circumstances in this region.
Both parties confirmed their efforts to further develop the Russian-South Ossetian cooperation to increase the living standard in South Ossetia, to promote economic development in the Republic and improvement of humanitarian situation in the region.
Issues related to the preparation of the 1 July meeting within the frames of the Geneva talks on security and stability in the South Caucasus were also discussed. The side confirmed their intention to make the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism in the area of Georgian-South Ossetian borderline more regular and practical to ensure rapid settlement of emerging problems.
