Переговоры в рамках женевских дискуссий

The issue of the illegal Georgian post in the village of Uista in Znaur District of South Ossetia was discussed during the 55th round of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia, the press service of the office of the Republic’s Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement told the “Res” news agency.

“It was emphasized the extremely negative impact on the state of affairs of the fortified post illegally set up by the Georgian side near the Ossetian border village of Uista,” the press service said.

The participants in the two-day 55th round of the Geneva discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia again failed to come to concrete results. The parties only spoke in favor of continuing joint efforts to find the ways to strengthen stability and security in the South Caucasus, and agreed to hold the next round on March 29-30, 2022.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko met with the heads of the South Ossetian and Abkhaz delegations at the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia - State Adviser to President of South Ossetia Konstantin Kochiev and Deputy Foreign Minister of Abkhazia Irakli Tuzhba.

At the meeting of the participants of the Mechanisms for Prevention and Response to Incidents, the Georgian party confirmed the fact of drone flights that regularly violate the state border, this recognition on their part surprised the South Ossetian delegation, - said the head of the South Ossetian delegation, Yegor Kochiev, upon completion of the 103rd meeting. in the IPRM format.

According to him, confirming the fact that they owned unmanned aerial vehicles, the Georgian party says that they fly strictly on the Georgian territory.

A meeting of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva Discussions with the EU, UN and OSCE co-chairs, who arrived to discuss the agenda of the upcoming round, is taking place in Tskhinval.

The head of the South Ossetian delegation, State Adviser to the President Konstantin Kochiev greeted the co-chairs, having noted that this is the last meeting in the outgoing year, during which it is planned to discuss the issues on the agenda of the next round.

On Thursday, the 103 meeting in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) operating within the framework of the Geneva discussions on security in the Transcaucasia is being held on the South Ossetian-Georgian border near the village of Ergnet, the IA “Res” was informed at the office of the Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement.

It was explained that during the meeting the parties will discuss issues related to the situation in the territories adjacent to the state border between South Ossetia and Georgia.

The destructive position taken by the representatives of Georgia does not allow progress in resolving the key issue of drafting a legally binding document designed to guarantee the security of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which is becoming increasingly important against the backdrop of the continuing build-up of Georgia's military potential and the expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance's activity in the region.

This is stated in the message of the South Ossetian delegation to the media on the results of the 54th round of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia.

At the next round of Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia, South Ossetian representatives still intend to seek concrete progress in working out a document on the non-use of force by Georgia against South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the discussions, State Adviser to the President of the Republic Konstantin Kochiev told the “Res” news agency.

The South Ossetian party at the meeting in the IPRM format once again declared the need to remove the Georgian post in the village of Uista, said the head of the South Ossetian delegation Yegor Kochiev, commenting on the results of the next meeting in the IPRM format in the Ergnet settlement on Monday.

The issues that are raised at the Geneva platform should be based on justice, President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov said on Thursday during the meeting with the EU, UN and OSCE co-chairs, who arrived in Tskhinval to discuss the agenda of the upcoming round in Geneva.