Переговоры в рамках женевских дискуссий

The development of a document on the non-use of force is one of the key issues for the participants in the Geneva discussions; - the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar told the South Ossetian media.

The briefing took place after the meeting in Tskhinval of the OSCE, the UN and the EU co-chairs of discussions with their South Ossetian colleagues.

On the eve of the next round of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia, Tskhinval will host a meeting on Tuesday between the OSCE, the UN and the EU co-chairs of the discussions with their South Ossetian colleagues, the press service of the Office of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement told IA “Res”.

In the village of Ergnet bordering South Ossetia and Georgia, a meeting is being held within the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM). The main topic of discussion will be the incidents that occurred on both sides of the state border of the two states, the Office of the Plenipotentiary for Post-Conflict Settlement reported.

South Ossetia is concerned about the large-scale military exercises in Georgia and calls from world leaders to open a second front against Russia. This was stated by State Advisor to the President of the Republic Konstantin Kochiev at the meeting with the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions.

The issue of removing the illegal Georgian police post on the territory of South Ossetia near the village of Uista (Tsnelis) is raised by the South Ossetian party at each meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism format. This was reported to journalists by the head of the South Ossetian delegation, Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement Yegor Kochiev.

The incidents that occurred on both sides of the state border of South Ossetia and Georgia on Tuesday will be discussed at the next meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM), the office of the authorized representative for post-conflict settlement issues told the IA “Res”

The Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) remains the most important format for resolving humanitarian issues and achieving predictability and stability in the region, the OSCE Co-Chair Viorel Moshanu said on Thursday.

The meeting of the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions with the South Ossetian delegation took place on Thursday in Tskhinval.

The Geneva discussions have no alternative as a negotiating platform that provides a direct dialogue between Tbilisi and Tskhinval, the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions Konstantin Kochiev said at the meeting of the South Ossetian delegation with the OSCE, UN and the EU. co-chairs

The meeting was held on Thursday in the capital of South Ossetia.

Negotiations within the framework of the Geneva discussions

On Thursday, the first meeting of the South Ossetian delegation this year with the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasus is taking place in the capital of South Ossetia.

The international delegation has included the OSCE Co-Chair Viorel Moshanu, the EU Co-Chair Toivo Klaar, the UN Co-Chair Cihan Sultanoglu, the EU staff member Bjorn Kuehne, the OSCE staff member Siegfried Weber, the UN staff member Christoph Bierwirth and others.

The Geneva discussions on Transcaucasia, the 56th round of which was to be held at the end of March, have been put on hold on the initiative of the troika of co-chairs representing the UN, the EU and the OSCE, Konstantin Kochiev, the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva discussions, told reporters.