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.
A video conference with the participation of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of South Ossetia for Post-Conflict Settlement Murat Dzhioev and the OSCE Co-Chair of the Geneva International Discussions on Security in Transcaucasia, Annika Söder, was held on Wednesday.
According to the press service of the Plenipotentiary representation, the conversation was attended by Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative, head of the South Ossetian delegation in the IPRM format Yegor Kochiev and the employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Marina Ualyty.
The issues of violation of the airspace of the Republic of South Ossetia by aircraft and their ownership became the main topics of the next meeting within the framework of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM).
According to the head of the delegation – DeputyPresidenial Plenipotentiary Envoy for Post-Conflict Settlement Yegor Kochiev, the Georgian police were also present in the drone launch zone on the territory of Georgia on April 20 and 23.
The 99th meeting in the format of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM) will be held in the village of Ergnet, bordering South Ossetia, on Tuesday, a head of the delegation, Deputy Plenipotentiary for post-conflict settlement Yegor Kochiev told IA “Res”
According to him, at the meeting will be discussed security issues, violations of the state border, as well as an overview of the epidemiological situation and the general situation.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko and the OSCE Co-Chair at the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for the South Caucasus, Annika Söder, discussed by phone on Friday topical issues on the agenda of the Geneva Discussions.
At the last round of Geneva discussions, the South Ossetian delegation rejected accusations against South Ossetia of human rights violations, in particular, accusations that residents of the Georgian nationality do not have the right to study in their native language,” Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy Murat Dzhioev said at the press conference in Tskhinval.
“This information is absolutely false, and we have noted that there are schools in South Ossetia where the education is in the Georgian language,” he explained.
At the 52nd round of the Geneva discussions, an agreement was reached to work out individual statements by the leaders of states (South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Georgia) that these countries will not adhere to the use of force,” said Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.
The issue of clarifying the fate of the residents of South Ossetia, listed to be missing since 2008, is important and relevant, and is raised at every round of the Geneva discussions, said the Presidential Envoy Murat Dzhioev.
According to Dzhioev, the 52nd round of the Geneva discussions was no exception, the South Ossetian party once again reminded the participants of the talks about the three reports of the Serbian independent expert Dusan Ignjatovic, who had been invited by the OSCE.
South Ossetia does not expect any help from Georgia, and does not even want it,” said Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev at the press conference in Tskhinval.
Murat Dzhioev reacted to the proposal of the Georgian authorities to vaccinate residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia against coronavirus.
"At the Geneva discussions, the issue of vaccination was not raised, although the representative of Georgia mentioned it in one phrase," the Plenipotentiary said.
