The delegations of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Abkhazia, following the results of the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia, issued a joint statement in which they declare the politicization of the refugee problem by Georgia.
The South Ossetian party intends to look for ways to prepare a document on the non-use of force at the talks in Geneva, said Presidential Envoy, head of the South Ossetian delegation in Geneva, Murat Dzhioev.
The Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia will start on June 29-30 and will last for two days.
The need to remove the illegal Georgian post near the settlement of Uista (Tsnelis) remains the main issue at the meetings in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, said Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Yegor Kochiev, commenting on the results of the 100th meeting in the format IPRM on Tuesday.
The OSCE, the UN and the EU co-chairs of the Geneva Discussions, who arrived in South Ossetia on Tuesday, have visited the settlement of Uista (Tsnelis) in Znaur district of the Republic.
At the briefing, Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev has told reporters that the members of the delegation met with the local population, which expressed concern about the presence of the Georgian post near the village.
The EU, OSCE and UN co-chairs of the Geneva Discussions met on Tuesday in Tskhinval with teachers and students of the English Department of the South Ossetian State University.
The head of the English language department, Mira Tskhovrebova, expressed gratitude to the co-chairs for the desire to communicate with the students studying English.
The main task of the Geneva discussions is to develop a document on the non-use of force against South Ossetia and Abkhazia, said at the meeting Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev with the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions who had arrived in Tskhinval.
The key issue of the Geneva discussions remains the signing with Georgia of a legally binding document on the non-use of force by Georgia against South Ossetia and Abkhazia, said South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov, speaking on Monday with a message to the people and the country's Parliament.
A video conference with the participation of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of South Ossetia for Post-Conflict Settlement Murat Dzhioev and the OSCE Co-Chair of the Geneva International Discussions on Security in Transcaucasia, Annika Söder, was held on Wednesday.
According to the press service of the Plenipotentiary representation, the conversation was attended by Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative, head of the South Ossetian delegation in the IPRM format Yegor Kochiev and the employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Marina Ualyty.
The issues of violation of the airspace of the Republic of South Ossetia by aircraft and their ownership became the main topics of the next meeting within the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM).
According to the head of the delegation – DeputyPresidenial Plenipotentiary Envoy for Post-Conflict Settlement Yegor Kochiev, the Georgian police were also present in the drone launch zone on the territory of Georgia on April 20 and 23.
The 99th meeting in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) will be held in the village of Ergnet, bordering South Ossetia, on Tuesday, a head of the delegation, Deputy Plenipotentiary for post-conflict settlement Yegor Kochiev told IA “Res”
According to him, at the meeting will be discussed security issues, violations of the state border, as well as an overview of the epidemiological situation and the general situation.