Meeting of members of the Coordination Mechanism for searching for the missing persons was held at the border with Georgia

Sat, 13/04/2013 - 18:32
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April 11, in the Georgian village of Ergneti, which borders on South Ossetia, was held the seventh meeting of the Coordination Mechanism to address the issue of the persons being missing since the August 2008 war, as well as since the conflict of 1989-1992.

As IA "Res" was reported at the office of Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement, the meeting had been attended by representatives of South Ossetia, Russia and Georgia. The meeting was held through the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Republic of South Ossetia was represented by Deputy Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Khokh Gagloyty and Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights Inal Tasoev.
The parties presented the course of actions for searching for and clarifying the fate of the missing persons. They discussed the lines of the participants` activities, which could contribute to more effective promotion in searching for the missing.
The participants appreciated the openness of the South Ossetian side in searching for the missing citizens that was reflected in another exhumation carried out in March of this year in the territory of South Ossetia.
The parties continued to move towards a universal mechanism to be applied by each of the parties in searching for the missing persons. Agreement in principle on the feasibility of such a mechanism had been reached at the sixth meeting. During the discussion of the details of this mechanism, each of the parties expressed their views and add-ins.
The Georgian side has informed the meeting that the General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia intends to intensify efforts in carrying out investigations to ascertain the circumstances of disappearances of the citizens of South Ossetia during the 2008 war and clarify their fate.
The next meeting will be held in September – October, 2013.

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