PROTOCOL OF THE THIRD MEETING
OF THE EXPERTS’ GROUPS OF THE PLENIPOTENTIARY DELEGATIONS OF THE SIDES IN THE
FRAMEWORK OF THE NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS ON BROAD SCALE SETTLEMENT OF THE
GEORGIAN-OSSETIAN CONFLICT
On
May 31, 2000 in the village of Java took place the third meeting of
the experts’ groups of the plenipotentiary delegations of the sides in the
framework of the negotiations process on broad scale settlement of the
Georgian-Ossetian conflict with mediation of the Russian Federation and participation
of the representatives of the Republic North Ossetia-Alania and the OSCE (the
list of participants is attached).
At the meeting was continued work on the draft
international document on broad scale settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian
conflict and were reviewed and agreed specific provisions in the context of
possible organization of the next meeting of experts’ groups in Vienna in
compliance with the Final Declaration of the Istanbul summit of the OSCE
(November, 1999).
The main objective of the meeting in
The sides agreed the article 8 of the draft.
The South-Ossetian and the Georgian sides also agreed
on the following:
1. To exchange till June 15 the written proposals on
articles 4 and 5 of the draft and to introduce them to the OSCE, the Russian
and the North-Ossetian sides.
2. To exchange till June 20 the written proposals on
the first half of the article 12 and to agree own positions till the possible
meeting in
3. To exchange till June 20 the proposals on the
second half of Article 13.
The participants of the third meeting of the
experts’ groups adopted the statement for the press (attached).
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 (signed)
On
behalf of the OSCE (signed)
(Archive
of the Staff of the State Minister of