The intention to continue coordinated efforts to promote common priorities during the forthcoming next round of the IWD in April with a focus on ensuring lasting security for Abkhazia and South Ossetia was noted. In order to increase stability and predictability in the border area, the need to develop legally binding guarantees of non-use of force by Tbilisi with regard to Sukhum and Tskhinval and to start the process of delimitation of the Georgian-Abkhaz and Georgian-South Ossetian State borders with their subsequent demarcation was emphasized.

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Сообщение On the meeting of M. Galuzin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, with the heads of delegations of Abkhazia and South Ossetia at the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia появились сначала на embassylife.ru.

A common interest was expressed in maintaining the Geneva format as a multilateral negotiating platform for maintaining regular dialogue on various aspects of security in the South Caucasus. The Russian side stressed the importance of continuing Tbilisi’s contacts with Sukhum and Tskhinval under the auspices of the Ministry of Railways in order to begin substantive work as soon as possible on concluding a legally binding agreement on the non-use of force by Georgia against Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as launching the process of delimiting the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian state borders with their subsequent demarcation.

The need to further strengthen the security of Sukhum and Tskhinvali is dictated by the increasing activity of NATO in the Black Sea region, the implementation of plans for the military development of Georgia by the alliance, and the pumping of modern weapons into this country.

The participants agreed that the situation “on the ground” in the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian borderlands, with the exception of individual incidents, remains stable on the whole. The reliable functioning of subscriber communication points – “hotlines” and the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (MPRI) on the Georgian-South Ossetian border in the locality of Ergnet was noted with satisfaction. At the same time, the importance of the early resumption of the work of a similar MPRI on the Georgian-Abkhazian border in the locality of Gal was noted.

Georgia’s politicized annual resolution of the UN General Assembly on internally displaced persons and refugees remains a serious irritant hindering cooperation on humanitarian issues in Geneva. At a time when representatives of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are still denied access to the New York site, and therefore they cannot present their principled approaches there, the Russian, Abkhazian and South Ossetian sides have once again raised the issue of ending discriminatory practices against Sukhum and Tskhinvali, which makes it impossible to constructively discuss these issues in the future. within the framework of the MZhD.

An agreement was reached on holding the next round in April 2024 and further regular meetings in the format of international discussions on Transcaucasia.

A source: https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1919566/

Сообщение On consultations on security and stability in Transcaucasia появились сначала на embassylife.ru.

The main topic of the conversation was the preparation for the next round of the MZHD, scheduled for early December this year. The general commitment to continue further constructive work within the framework of this negotiation format, which has a stabilizing effect on the situation in the region, was confirmed.

In the light of the recent incident with the illegal crossing of the border of South Ossetia by Georgian citizens, the demand for more energetic work of the Co-Chairs with official Tbilisi to prevent new aggravations in the Georgian-South Ossetian border area was emphasized.

In the context of efforts to strengthen security “on the ground”, the Russian side once again focused on the importance of developing a legally binding agreement on the non–use of force between Tbilisi, on the one hand, and Sukhum and Tskhinval, on the other, as well as launching the process of delimitation of Georgia’s borders with Abkhazia and South Ossetia with their subsequent demarcation.

A source: https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1914785/

Сообщение On the meeting of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin with the Co-Chairs of the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia появились сначала на embassylife.ru.

The central topic of the discussion was the discussion of the prospects for further work of the MZHD. The principled position of the Russian side on the unacceptability of many months of downtime of this unique negotiation format due to unmotivated cancellations and postponements by the Co–chairs – contrary to the opinion of the majority of participating States – of regular rounds of the MZHD has been brought to international affairs.

The commitment of the Russian side to solving the main task of the Ministry of Railways – ensuring stability and security in the Transcaucasian region, which Moscow sees through obtaining guarantees from Georgia of non-use of force against Sukhum and Tskhinvali, as well as the beginning of the process of delimitation of the Georgian-Abkhaz and Georgian-South Ossetian borders with their subsequent demarcation, was confirmed.

Source: Russian Foreign Ministry

Сообщение On the meeting of Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin with the Co-Chairs of the International Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia появились сначала на embassylife.ru.