The South-Ossetian part of the Joint Control Commission marks, that lately the situation in the zone of the georgian-ossetian conflict has again become aggravated.
The Georgian party, continuing supporting the failure of the peace-making operation, leaves without reaction such incidents and crimes as the subversive and terrorist acts against the military men of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces in the zone of the conflict.
So, on January, 15th this year an anti-tank mine has been put on the way of following of the armoured troop-carrier of the peace-making forces of the Russian battalion, and as a result of its explosion the officer and the private soldier of the peace-making forces have been hard wounded. It is necessary to note, that the given crime, as well as the other provocations against the peacemakers, took place on the controllable by the Georgian police territory, on the part of the georgian-ossetian conflict. Thus the indignation causes the circumstance, that instead of rendering assistance in investigation of this incident the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia make problems and interfere with the activity of the peace-making forces.
In particular, on January, 16th, 2007 the peacemakers of the Russian battalion of JPKF have started the realization of evacuation of the damaged armoured car from the place of its undermining. However, the preventing of the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia to the forces and means of the Russian peacemakers has not enabled to execute the problem put by. Besides on January, 22nd, 2007 the group of engineering intelligence of the Russian battalion of the peace-making forces and the military observers accompanied it, that followed in the area of undermining of the armoured car for the performance of the above-stated problem has been stopped by the police of Georgia in the area of the settlement Heiti, in the zone of conflict. This very day in the Georgian settlements Heiti and Achabeti by the Georgian police several times were stopped the machines of the peace-making forces that blocked the performance of the problems by the Russian peacemakers.
In a view of the above-stated, it causes extreme bewilderment the position of not only of the management of the Georgian part of JCC, but also the position of the Mission of OSCE in Georgia, that does not react this event. In spite of the fact, that the Mission of OSCE is informed about the infringements by the Georgian party, it in the overwhelming majority of cases holds them back and so they do not become the subject of such a wide and sharp discussion from the tribunes of OSCE and other international organizations.
Considering the developed situation, the South-Ossetian part of JCC once again addresses both as the management of the Georgian part of JCC, so the world community with an appeal to give a corresponding estimation to the events in the zone of the georgian-ossetian conflict and to call the management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia to follow the standard forms of settlement of conflicts in international law.
Tskhinval,
On January, 23rd, 2007
