PROTOCOL OF THE MEETING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF GEORGIA, SOUTH OSSETIA, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND NORTH OSSETIA WITH PARTICIPATION OF THE OSCE on Comprehensive Settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict

On 30 October 1995, in Vladikavkaz, meeting between representatives of Georgia, South Ossetia, Russian Federation and North Ossetia took place (see attached list of participants). During the meeting, an issue of organizing regular negotiation process aimed at comprehensive settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.

The parties agreed to start a negotiation process immediately. To this end, the expert groups of the parties were assigned a task to elaborate and put forward their proposals on the following issues:

- Measures and guarantees of security;

- Restoration and strengthening of mutual trust between the parties to the conflict;

- Economic recovery and reestablishment of normal business links;

- Status of South Ossetia;

Wording of the South Ossetian side on this issue: state-legal aspects of settlement of the South Ossetian conflict;

- On other issues relating to comprehensive settlement of the conflict between the Parties.

The Parties deem it possible for members of their parliaments to take part in the negotiation process aimed at comprehensive settlement of the conflict.

To discuss results of work of the expert groups during the next meeting to be held between the Parties.

On behalf of the Georgian Delegation I. Menagarishvili

On behalf of the Russian Delegation N. Medvedev

On behalf of the South Ossetian Delegatio V. Gabaraev.

On behalf of the North Ossetian Delegation G. Jikaev

On behalf of the OSCE D. Boden

(Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia/in Russian)