TBILISI, DFWatch–The sides in the 2008 Georgia war met for a field meeting on Wednesday at Ergneti, a village on the border with the Georgian breakaway region South Ossetia.
Also this time, border issues were on the agenda at the so-called Incident
Ditsi
UN, OSCE and EU diplomats on field trip in South Ossetia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Representatives of the United Nations, OSCE and European Union this week paid a two-day visit to South Ossetia and met with members of the breakaway region’s delegation to the Geneva talks.
The delegation consisted of co-chairs of the talks, which
EUMM concerned about South Ossetia borderization
TBILISI, DFWatch–The EU Monitoring Mission to Georgia Tuesday expressed concern about the installation of barbed wire by Russian soldiers in the villages Dvani and Ditsi at the border line around the breakaway region South Ossetia.
Toivo Klaar, the new head of EUMM,
Russian soldiers cease border activity
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers have halted the installation of wire feinces in the border village of Ditsi near South Ossetia.
According to the Interior Ministry, the situation is now peaceful in Ditsi, while police are continuing to patrol and the village.
Russian border work is continuing, Georgia protests
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers are continuing to install wire fences along the border with South Ossetia in the village Ditsi.
The fence now run a few meters from the house of the Beruashvili family. But locals say the three houses, which it seemed might end up on
Georgia issues appeal about Russian border activity
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry appeals to the international community to take measures in order to prevent illegal actions by Russia in the conflict zone.
The appeal comes in response to reports about new activity by Russian soldiers on the
Georgian released from Tskhinvali detention
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian citizen who was detained May 29 by Russian border guards for crossing the so-called administrative border with South Ossetia was released on Friday, June 21.
The 35th session of Incident Prevention and Reaction Mechanisms was held on
Abashidze mentioned border issue at direct talks with Russia
TBILISI, DFWatch–The small-scale careful dialogue between Georgia and Russia continued in Prague Wednesday as Zurab Abashidze and Gregory Karasin met to sum up the results of six month of talks.
Abashidze, who was specially appointed by Prime Minister Bidzina
Two more Georgians detained by Russian border guards
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers have detained two more Georgian villagers for illegally crossing the so-called administrative border around breakaway South Ossetia.
The detainees are Avtandil and Kakha Khaduri. They were detained two days ago and taken to Tskhinvali.
Russia silent about South Ossetia border-moving
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Russian Federation has not yet reacted to a diplomatic note of protest from Georgia regarding the moving of the so-called administrative border into Georgian-controlled territory near breakaway South Ossetia.
But the Deputy Foreign Affairs