The Foreign Affairs Minister of Abkhazia Sergey Shamba during press conference: "Results of the international discussions in Geneva on safety of Abkhazia and South Ossetia".
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Caucasus Discussions Over in Geneva
The second round of international discussions on the Caucasus concluded successfully at the Palace of the Nations on Friday, a high-placed diplomatic source told RIA Novosti on Wednesday. “There was a discussion and exchange of opinions,” the source stated. “All sides took part in the discussion and no one walked out.”
The first round of discussions was cut short on October 15 when the Georgian delegation refused to sit down with representatives of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. To avoid that problem repeating, the discussions were limited to consultations among working groups that never met all at the same time.
“The main questions that were discussed in the working groups were security issues and the problem of temporarily displaced persons and refugees,” the source stated. The members of the working groups dined together after the discussions. The cochairmen of the discussions from the United Nations, European Union and OSCE will hold a press conference later in the day. Russian representative at the discussions Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin is expected to hold a separate press conference after that.
The discussions in Geneva were held in accordance with the plan developed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Representatives of the United States, Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia are also taking part in them. Russia carried out an operation in Georgia after that country attacked South Ossetia on August 8 of this year. Later, Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The EU and U.S. have preferred to recognize the territorial integrity of Georgia.
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