PROTOCOL # 32 OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE CO-CHAIRMEN
OF THE JOINT CONTROL COMMISSION (JCC) ON THE GEORGIAN-OSSETIAN CONFLICT
RESOLUTION
Tskhinval,
2 June 2004
Agenda:
1. Situation in the
Georgian-Ossetian conflict area
2. Time and venue of
the next regular JCC meeting
Decided:
1 . Situation in
the Georgian-Ossetian conflict area
(Chochiev, Mayorov,
Khaindrava, Kusov, Reeve, Nabzdorov, Kebadze, Uchadze, Friev)
1.1. The
sides take note of the
information provided by S.A.Nabzdorov, Commander of the Joint Peacekeeping
Forces (JPKF) in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict area.
1.2. The sites commit
to strictly follow provisions of earlier achieved agreements on principles of
the conflict settlement, JPKF formation and activities, responsibilities of the
sides to avoid measures of coercive, economic or any other forms of pressure to
address emerging problems.
1.3. With a view of
de-escalating tension in the conflict area:
- the Georgian side
shall immediately withdraw the additionally deployed units of the Georgian
armed forces from the JPKF responsibility zone.
- the sides agree not
to deploy any non-agreed posts in the area of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.
1.4. JPKF shall report
to the JCC Co-Chairmen about implementation of paragraph 1.3 hereof before June
7 2004.
1.5. The sides take
note of the Georgian side’s resolution to rotate the Georgian JPKF battalion in
the nearest future, by fully using its quota in the frames of the Regulation
Concerning the Basic principles of Operation of Military Contingents and Groups
of Military Observers Designated for Normalization of the Situation In the
Georgian-Ossetian Conflict Zone.
1.6. The sides agree
that all issues that could escalate the situation in the conflict zone should
be settled effectively at the level of JCC Co-Chairmen.
1.7. Whereas JPKF have
no helicopters, the JPKF Commandment is not in a position to fully control the
air space in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict area. It is proposed to
additionally equip JPKF with helicopters.
1.8. The sides take
note of the candidature of Major-General M.M. Kulakhmetov nominated by the
Russian side as JPKF Commander.
1.9. The JCC Co-Chairmen
adopted a statement of the meeting results for mass media (enclosed).
2. Time
and venue of the next regular JCC meeting
2.1. The next regular
JCC meeting shall be held in the second decade of June 2004 in
At the meeting, the
Georgian side declared the need for restoring the Gori-Tskhinvali section of
the railway.
B. Chochiev
Meeting Chairman, South Ossetian Co-Chairman
of the JCC
(Archive of the OSCE