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Today in village Pris of Tskhinavi region of the Republic of South Ossetia the special forces of the Ministry of Interior of Georgia undertook another attempt to destabilize the situation in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone. According to the eye-witnesses among the local residents, around 15:00 the check point of the Ministry of Interior of Georgia, supported by the special forces, without prior notification of the JPKF Commander and relevant authorities of the RSO, was shifted for 400 meters very close to the outskirts of the Ossetian village Pris.

Republic of Abkhazia, Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic and Republic of South Ossetia further referred as the Sides trying to prevent repetition of the armed conflicts of 1989-1993;
considering the escalation of tension around Abkhazia, Pridnestrovie and South Ossetia from the side of Georgia and Republic of Moldova and constant provocations against the peacekeeping forces;
condemning the readiness of the authorities of Georgia and Moldova to threaten the lives of people for their political ambitions;
confirming our support to the principals of peaceful political resolution of conflicts, inadmissibility of force;

declare the following:

Having vindicated our right to live and develop on the land that was left to us by our ancestors, our nations passed the fifteen year old stage of establishment and consolidation of it’s sovereign statehood. Time is coming for a new level of our countries development, for further growth of the welfare of our citizens, observation of their civil, social and economic rights an important guarantor of which are good-neighbor relations with all the bordering countries including Georgia and Republic of Moldova. Being guided in their foreign policy by the principles of equality, mutual respect, nonapplicability of force, the Sides continue negotiations on determining acceptable interstate relations with the Republic of Georgia and Republic of Moldova.

According to the yearly report of the “Stockholm International Institute on Peace Research” the authorities of Georgia in 2005 spent 146 million dollars for purchasing of arms, which is half as much as in 2004. Georgia has surpassed all the countries of the world in spending money for arms. Besides the large scale purchases of weapons, the Georgian armed forces were presented by a number of Eastern European countries with a large number of military equipment.

As was informed the correspondent of “Res” agency at the Ministry of Interior of RSO, on 12 June at 19:40 was received information about robbery of Georgi Doguzov, resident of village Satikar of Leningor region born on 1973.

On Friday evening the Georgian Special Forces carried out a regular sally in Znauri region that as usual resulted in shooting, beating for ethnic affiliation, blood shed, kidnapping of people and disturbance of peaceful population.

The President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity addressed a congratulatory telegram to the President of Russian Federation V.V. Putin on the occasion of the Day of Russia.

Chairman of the Republic of South Ossetia Yuri Morozov has recently returned from business trip to Moscow. Commenting the results of the trip to the correspondent of agency “Res”, he said that the main reason of the trip were negotiations with the Russian investors – potential investors into the economy of RSO. Besides that, Yuri Morozov signed an agreement to construct in the Republic relay communications system.

The Independence Day of Russia is celebrated in South Ossetia as 98% of the citizens of the Republic f South Ossetia are citizens of Russia.
Today, are organized different cultural arrangements. At the theater square of the capital of the Republic –Tskhinval a number of social organizations

On 09.06.2006 at 4:40 p.m. about 40 soldiers of the special forces of Georgia on 4 vehicles, armed with automatic and special weapons entered village Avnev, Znauri region of the RSO. One group dispersed along the road and the adjoining gardens, the second group dispersed at the junction of roads to Tskhinval, Avnev, Znaur. The group was stopping the passing by vehicles and beating the passengers. They stopped the employees of the GAI of the Ministry of Interior of RSO Sergeant of Militia Kokoev Arsen Borisovich and Sergeant of Militia Siukaev Mair Givievich, they were brutally beaten up for being of Ossetian ethnicity.