The Gakheladze case is used as another pretext for repeating propaganda and deliberately false attacks, said Murat Dzhioev, the Plenipotentiary of the South Ossetian President for post-conflict settlement.
A videoconference was held between the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia for Post-Conflict Settlement Murat Dzhioev with the co-chair of the Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia, the representative of the Swedish OSCE Chairmanship, Annika Söder.
The Republic of South Ossetia has been building its statehood for 30 years, despite the policy of non-recognition by Georgia and its blocking the signing of a document on the non-use of force, which would provide security guarantees,” said Murat Dzhioev, Presidential Plenipotentiary of South Ossetia.
International Geneva discussions on Transcaucasia are needed for South Ossetia to bring objective information about its rights to the world community, President of the Republic Anatoly Bibilov said at the press conference in Tskhinval.
The 51st round of Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia was the only one in person since the beginning of the pandemic, - the head of the South Ossetian delegation, the of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev told IA “Res ".
If during the year there were usually four rounds, then the coronavirus pandemic, which swept the whole world, including South Ossetia, made its own adjustments, and the discussions were held in the format of videoconferences.
Representatives of South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Russia have expressed the most serious concerns for regional stability and security in connection with the ongoing militarization of Georgia
The 51st round of the International Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia, held in accordance with the Medvedev-Sarkozy agreements of August 12 and September 8, 2008, was held in Geneva after a one-year break, the South Ossetian delegation said for the media.
Discussions were held in two working groups: on security and on humanitarian issues.
The illegal Georgian post in the village of Uista is a constant source of destabilization on the state border of South Ossetia and Georgia. The members of the South Ossetian delegation stated this fact during a meeting with the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia, who had arrived in Tskhinval on Thursday.
The Georgian side at different levels, taking advantage of the availability of various international platforms, continues to create an unfavorable image of South Ossetia, the South Ossetian participants in the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia said at the meeting with the co-chairs who had arrived in Tskhinval on Thursday.
Due to the current restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, the delegation of South Ossetia is ready to work online, said Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia, head of the South Ossetian delegation, Murat Dzhioev.
As noted by the Plenipotentiary, the South Ossetian side expressed its readiness for constructive work within the framework of the Geneva discussions, "taking into account all the opportunities of this year."
On Wednesday, Moscow hosted a meeting between the Ambassador of South Ossetia to Russia Znaur Gassiev and Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova.