Archive - 13/7/2011

The institute of analysis and resolution of conflicts at the George Mason University has held the ninth meeting between representatives of the Georgian and the South-Ossetian civil societies from 8 to 10 July, 2011 in Istanbul. According to the press release results of the meeting, this time 26 participants took part in the informal meeting, including representatives of the international and non-governmental organizations, and also advisers of the Great Britain Foreign Ministry and the Agency on the USA international development. All those present took part in the meeting as private persons and did not represent interests of any organizations.

Ukraine – is not the country, which recognition is vital for South Ossetia, -the expert Inal Pliev has declared the news agency "Res", making comments on the statement of the director of the informational policy department of the Ukraine Foreign Ministry Oleg Voloshin that «Ukraine will not recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed Abkhazia and South Ossetia».

On July, 11, approximately at 20:00 o’clock in the evening, the shooting incident took place, in the result of which the citizen of Georgia was killed. It has happened in the village Knolevi (Georgia) in close proximity to the border of the RSO.