Russia’s surprise proposal to hold quadripartite talks with participation of Georgian and Russian Presidents, as well as leaders of Russia’s North Ossetian Republic and breakaway South Ossetia was not only rejected but also strongly condemned by the Georgian side at the session of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) held in Ljubljana on November 16.
Two-day talks in frames of the quadripartite JCC, involving Georgian, Russian, South Ossetian and Russia’s North Ossetian negotiators was held in the Slovenian capital under the invitation of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel.
“These were the longest and the most fruitless talks,” Giorgi Khaindrava, the Georgian State Minister for Conflict Resolution Issues, who represents the Georgian side in the JCC, told reporters.
