Переговоры в рамках женевских дискуссий

Georgian police officers are increasing their presence in the border areas, creating several stronger points, one of which is located on the territory of South Ossetia, said the head of the South Ossetian delegation, Yegor Kochiev, after the 98th meeting in the IPRM format ended and the first in 2021.

According to Kochiev, recent meetings are held in an incomplete format, this is due to the difficult epidemiological situation in connection with the spread of coronavirus infection.

A meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) is taking place on the South Ossetian-Georgian border. According to the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev, this is the first meeting in 2021.

“Due to the coronavirus pandemic, last year, only two face-to-face meetings were held, although the hotline is constantly communicating. Representatives of the OSCE and the EU assured us that they would take all necessary measures to ensure security from the coronavirus,” the Plenipotentiary said.

The issue of clarifying the fate of South Ossetian citizens, who are listed to be missing since 2008, is important and relevant, and is raised at every round of the Geneva discussions, - said Presidential Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.

The Plenipotentiary said that within the framework of the visit to South Ossetia of the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions, the diplomats had met with the relatives of the missing citizens of South Ossetia.

The next meeting within the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) will be held on Friday, March 5, said Plenipotentiary Envoy of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.

The Georgian authorities continue to create completely false ideas about South Ossetia among the international community, - said the Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.

The South Ossetian party, according to him, at the meeting with the co-chairs of the Geneva discussions, drew the attention of diplomats to the fact that recently there were several visits of distinguished guests, who were brought to the border with South Ossetia in the Razdakhan region instead of theaters and showed them South Ossetia through binoculars.

At the next round of the Geneva discussions, the South Ossetian party will again raise the issue of the non-use of force and will seek important steps in this direction,” said Presidential Envoy, head of the South Ossetian delegation at the discussions, Murat Dzhioev.

According to him, the signing of a legally binding document on the non-use of force between South Ossetia and Georgia, Abkhazia and Georgia is remaining important, but the non-constructive position of the Georgian delegation hinders progress in this direction.

The South Ossetian party at the meeting with the co-chairs of the Geneva Discussions stated that the solution of security problems should begin with work to ensure the security of border areas - from the Tsnelis region, where at the end of August 2019 the Georgian side had illegally set up a police post on the territory of South Ossetia. This was announced by the Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev at the briefing following the visit of foreign diplomats.

South Ossetia attaches great importance to the Geneva discussions in in ensuring the security and stability of the people of the Republic, and links lasting peace and security in the region as a whole with the Geneva process,” said Murat Dzhioev, the Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement, at the meeting with diplomats.

Issues related to the preparations for the next round of Geneva discussions, scheduled for the end of March this year, were discussed at a video link between the Plenipotentiary of the President of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev on Wednesday with the co-chair of the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia, the representative of the Swedish chairmanship OSCE by Annika Söder.

Address of the delegation of the Republic of South Ossetia to the Geneva International Discussions on security in South Caucasus to the international community

Regarding the so-called “Georgian occupied territories”