The briefing of the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia A.K.Lukashevich
About a forthcoming round of the Geneva discussions on safety and stability in Transcaucasia
On June, 7 in Geneva the sixteenth round of the international discussions on stability and safety in Transcaucasia is planned to be held. Since October, 2008 the representatives of the Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, the Republic of South Ossetia, and also the United Nation, the OSCE and the EU have been participating in the Geneva meetings on an equal basis. The Russian delegation will be headed by the Secretary of State - the Deputy Minister of Foreign affairs of the Russian Federation-G.B.Karasin.
The basic attention will be focused on the questions of stability and safety in Southern Caucasus. A number of disturbing incidents has taken place on the borders of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Georgia in the course of the last months, having entailed some casualties. Activation of the Georgian special services and raiding groups, implementing the special actions on the territories of the neighboring republics, has taken place. The careful analysis of a tendency to deterioration of the situation in the frontier areas and definition of realistic ways of safety and trust in the region is required. The review of the activity of the mechanisms on prevention and reaction to incidents on the borders of three states with an accent on application of the administrative measures of influence concerning unpurposed violators of the borders and peaceful settlement of all arising problems will be continued. The participants of the Geneva discussions will exchange their opinions concerning strengthening the non-use -of -force regime in the Transcaucasian region, the maintenance of safety in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. These problems have long-term priority character. The discussion of returning the refugees and displaced persons, as well as the concrete projects in this sphere with reference to the Transcaucasian region will be also continued.
