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No Ossetian Negotiation without Russia
President of the unrecognized Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity has stated that the republic will not negotiate with Georgia without the participation of Russia. “Georgia is beginning to apply armed pressure to us so that we would agree to wreck the format, without the participation of North Ossetia and Russia. But we are not the kind of people who could do that,” Kokoity told a delegation. “Without the participation of North Ossetia and Russia, we won’t agree to anything with anybody.” Kokoity was quoted by the South Ossetian State Information Committee.
Kokoity said that this was the latest trap set by Georgia. Earlier today, Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Teimuraz Yakobashvili stated that Tbilisi is prepared to negotiate directly with Tskhinvali without preliminary conditions. “Today the Georgian side is trying to discredit our position before the whole world by stating that they are prepared for direct negotiations with South Ossetia. That is nothing more than their latest PR action. On the one hand, while talking about negotiations, we observe that serious weapons have been drawn up along the border of the Republic of South Ossetia, including artillery rocket launchers,” Kokoity said.
Kokoity also thanked the leadership of North Ossetia for its aide in receive children evacuated from the south of Ossetia, noting that it was a necessary measure and the children should be in a calm state.
Tensions rose sharply in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone on the night of August 1, when there were several hours of battle using firearms, grenades and mortars. Tskhinvali and other settlements were subject to heavy fire. According to the South Ossetians, 6 people died and 13 were injured. Evacuation of women, children and the elderly from the most dangerous settlements began yesterday.
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