PROTOCOL OF THE MEETING OF EXPERT GROUPS FOR PREPARATION OF NEGOTIATIONS ON BROAD SCALE SETTLEMENT OF THE GEORGIAN-OSSETIAN CONFLICT

13. 12. 1995.

On December 13 of this year in Moscow was held the second meeting of political experts of the four sides with the participation of the OSCE (the list of participants is attached) for revision of the proposals of the Georgian and the South-Ossetian sides on the issue of elaboration of confidence building measures and guarantees of security.

Having discussed the mentioned proposals, participants of negotiations prepared the draft of “Memorandum on Priority Steps of Guaranteeing Security and establishment of Mutual Confidence between the Sides of the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict” (attached).

The given memorandum will be proposed for the discussion of the leadership of the sides in the conflict and for the further signing.

At that the representatives of the South-Ossetian side has not supported the wording of paragraphs 2 and 7 of the draft of Memorandum.

The Georgian side made a reservation about the acceptability of the paragraphs 3 and 9 of the draft Memorandum only in case if paragraph 2 is adopted.

It has been agreed that the sides would inform the participants of the meeting on the results of discussion of the draft Memorandum not later than the 25-th of December of this year with a view to identify the place and the time of signing the document, as well as the composition of delegation.

The next meeting of the experts for discussion of the issues of economic restoration and settlement of economic ties is scheduled to be held in January 1996., exchanging the proposals in this regard till January 15.

The negotiations were conducted in friendly constructive environment.

On behalf of the Georgian side (signed)

On behalf of the South-Ossetian side (signed)

On behalf of the Russian side (signed)

On behalf of the North-Ossetian side

On behalf of the OSCE (signed)

(Archive of the staff of the State Minister of Georgia on Conflict Settlement)