Tag: South Ossetia
Le elezioni presidenziali anticipate del 18 settembre hanno consegnato a Marat Kambolov una netta vittoria. Il voto si inserisce però in un processo più ampio, segnato dal nuovo trattato con Mosca e dalla crescente integrazione politica, economica e istituzionale russo-sudosseta.
In the early morning hours of Aug. 8, 2008, heavy fighting erupted in and around Tskhinvali, the capital, which spread to other parts of South Ossetia. Georgia violated a 1992 peace agreement and opened fire on Russian peacekeepers.
The 40th round of consultations co-chaired by the UN, the OSCE and the EU was held as part of international discussions on Transcaucasia in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 20−21, with the participation of representatives of the Russian Federation, the United States, Georgia, the Republic of Abkhazia, and the Republic of South Ossetia. The difficult negotiations were conducted in a direct and honest way.
As has been reported, last April the Monitoring Committee met during the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. A special subcommittee was created at that meeting – the Ad hoc Sub-Committee on Conflicts between Member States of the Council of Europe. This new entity, which will be directly responsible for looking into so-called «frozen conflicts» in the former Soviet Union, should have official status and begin its work in June. It met for the first time in Paris on May 27…