STATEMENT On the Results of the Meeting of Z. Zhvania and
E. Kokoiti
On
In the course of
the meeting, which was very constructive, the ideas about the settlement of the
Georgian-Ossetian conflict were exchanged, including
the future defusion of the critical situation and
stabilizing the situation in the zone of the conflict and strengthening trust
between the parties. The parties agreed that the strengthening of trust,
demilitarization of the zone of conflict, safety guarantees and the
implementation of economic programs will add additional impetus to future
constructive negotiations between the parties with the purpose of full-scale
political settlement of the conflict.
The participant of
the meeting stated with anxiety and concern that as a result of recent armed
confrontation in
The parties noted
the decisive role of the negotiations within the framework of the JCC, direct
contacts between the governments of the parties, as well as activities of the
JPKF in ending the armed confrontation.
The participants of
the meeting confirmed their support to exclusively peaceful methods of
regulating relationship between the confronting parties, denouncing any forms
of violence, including infringement on the rights of individuals due to their
ethnic origin as the means of achieving political goals. The parties also
declared about their support to fundamental documents signed within the
framework of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict
settlement and which represent firm basis for negotiations on full-scale
political regulation of the Georgian-Ossetian
conflict.
Within the
above-noted framework the parties agreed:
- to strictly fulfill the achieved agreement on ceasefire;
- for the purpose
of gradual demilitarization of the zone of conflict, as the first step towards
the success, to fully fulfill the decision of the JCC and complete withdrawal
of armed formations remaining there by November 20, 2004, with the exception of
the JPKF and law enforcement organs;
- by the same
period, present for consideration by the JCC the agreements on the quantity of
police subdivisions needed for keeping law and order, and specify the places of
their dislocation;
- in future, not to dislocate armed formations and posts in
the zone of conflict, without the agreement of the JCC;
- organize mutual
cooperation between the law enforcement structure of the parties and take
actions for renewing works of the joint
- provide
uninterrupted and safe transport communication along the Trans Caucasian
highway and other roads in the zone of conflict, which connect inhabited
localities, for unhampered movement of the population and cargo;
- the parties expressed
a desire to expand contacts on various levels, including the top
(highest) political level, as well as meetings between parliamentarians and
intelligentsia;
- at the nearest sessions of the JCC, consider concrete
economic projects the realization of which represents mutual interest, and
present the agreed [proposals, including for consideration by the OSCE and EC;
- carry out extraordinary
session of the JCC for the purpose of taking control over the process of
implementing the adopted decisions within the period of ten days;
The meeting
participants positively evaluated the contribution of the OSCE to the peaceful
resolution of the conflict, and EC – to economic rehabilitation of the region.
The parties marked
the importance of the intermediary role of
From Georgian Side:
From South Ossetian Side:
In the Presence of
In the Presence of
the OSCE
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