The Georgian government has proposed a meeting between South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity and Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli on September 15 in a response to the allegations made by authorities in the unrecognized republic and certain Russian politicians that Tbilisi plans military intervention to gain control over the region by mid-September.
In an interview with Civil Georgia on August 5, Georgian State Minister for Conflict Resolution Issues Giorgi Khaindrava said that these “groundless” accusations might be a sign of provocations to be anticipated in the conflict zone as the Ossetian side tries to sidestep the proposals.
