PROTOCOL THE 7-TH MEETING OF EXPERTS’ GROUP Of AUTHORIZED
DELEGATIONS OF THE SIDES WITHIN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS on full-scale settlement of Georgian-Ossetian
conflict
On 4 October 2002 the 7-th meeting of
Experts’ group of authorized delegations of the sides within the negotiation
process on full-scale settlement of Georgian-Ossetian
conflict, under mediation of the Russian Federation, participation of
representatives of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
and the OSCE, in the presence of representatives of the European Commission
(see the list attached) was held in Tskhinvali.
The
representative of the OSCE Cio made a presentation at
the meeting and delivered the invitation by Portuguese Chair to hold the 8-th
meeting of the experts’ group of autorized delegations
of the sides within the framework of negotation
process on full-scale settlement of Georgian-Ossetian
conflict on 26-27 October 2002 in Castelo-Branco (
Bearing
in mind the importance of the upcoming meeting and possible wide range of the
problems to be discussed the sides applied to the Cio with the request to consider the possibility of
adding working days to the proposed schedule.
The
sides agreed to consider the issue of their participation in the 8-th meeting
of the experts’ group and inform the OSCE on their decision not later than
In
order to traft the agenda of the experts’ group 8-th
meeting the sides agreed to exchange appropriate proposals withi
a week’s time. If necessary, take final decision on this issue during the ad
hoc Committee on Refugees session in Vladikavkaz on
15-20 October 2002.
The
sides expressed their deep appreciation to the South Ossetian
side for hospitality and for providing good working conditions for the above
meeting.
(Archive of the Staff of the
State Minister of Georgia for Conflict Resolution Issues/ informal translation)