Tbilisi, Tskhinvali, Sukhumi fail to agree on non-use of force in Geneva
TSKHINVALI. June 19 (Interfax) - Parties to the Geneva consultations on security and stability in the South Caucasus have again failed to agree on the non-use of force, South Ossetian presidential envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Jioyev told Interfax on the phone.
He said the sides were urged to step up the elaboration of a legally binding document on the non-use of force between Georgia on one side and South Ossetia and Abkhazia on the other side powered with firm international guarantees.
The South Ossetian delegation called for a more intensive search for missing persons and repeated its proposal of the reciprocal release of prisoners in Georgia and South Ossetia.
"The South Ossetian delegation reminded parties to the Geneva negotiations that Georgia and South Ossetia were divided by a state border and the border crossing procedure had to be established by interstate agreements. It again offered to start border delimitation," Jioyev said.
The 28th round of the Geneva consultations involving Russia, the United States, Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia and mediated by the United Nations, the OSCE and the EU was held in Geneva on June 17-18.
The Geneva consultations were launched in October 2008 pursuant to the agreements reached after the August 2008 war in Georgia.
