The 23rd meeting of the Mechanisms on Prevention and Reaction to Incidents (MPRI) has been held today in the Georgian village of Ergneti at the border of South Ossetia and Georgia.
There were two items on the agenda: a review of the incidents at the state border of South Ossetia and Georgia during the period since the MPRI previous meeting, and the possibility of mutual transferring of citizens of South Ossetia, kept in detention in Georgia, as well as the Georgian citizens, kept in detention in South Ossetia.
While discussing the first question, the South Ossetian delegation informed the meeting that during the period from April 30 to May 15, had been registered 15 cases of violations of the state border of South Ossetia, 18 offenders had been detained. After discussing the second item, the participants of the meeting came to the conclusion that further work on the mutual transferring of prisoners would be continued.
The next meeting is scheduled for June 21, 2012.
It should be reminded, that the MPRI meetings are attended by delegations of South Ossetia, Russia, Georgia, the EU and the OSCE.
