Переговоры в рамках женевских дискуссий

Parents of the missing citizens of South Ossetia have been waiting for information about their children every day for 13 years, but there is no news of them, said Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.

“We raise the issue of missing citizens of South Ossetia at the meetings in the IPRM format and during the Geneva discussions. At the next round in Geneva, the OSCE representatives said that the Georgian authorities had allegedly promised to assist in clarifying this issue, ”the Plenipotentiary said.

The presence of a Georgian post near the Ossetian village of Uista (Tsnelis) is a constant factor of tension on the border of South Ossetia with Georgia.

As reported at the briefing in Tskhinval by the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Republic of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev, the South Ossetian delegation announced this in Geneva.

The South Ossetian delegation declared once again in Geneva about the need to adopt a document, which should become an important step to ensure durable security guarantees for South Ossetia and Abkhazia from Georgia, according to the press service of the office of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Republic of South Ossetia for post-conflict settlement.

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.