Commission Set up to Develop South Ossetia Status

A special commission has been set up to work over the status of South Ossetian, Georgian Justice Minister Giorgi Papuashvili, who will chair the commission, said at a news conference on January 27.

He also said that officials, as well as representatives of the non-governmental organizations and experts will be members of the commission. “This commission will work over drafting the legal base of the proposals which were voiced by President Mikheil Saakashvili at the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe,” Giorgi Papuashvili said.

Giorgi Papuashvili made this statement after talks with a visiting group of experts from the Venice Commission, which is the Council of Europe’s (CoE) main advisory body on constitutional affairs.

Representatives from the Venice Commission, which will help the Georgian authorities in developing the status for breakaway South Ossetia, are visiting Georgia on January 26-28.