Bezhuashvili Slams Moscow for Refusal to Participate in JCC

Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili slammed Russia for its refusal to participate in the session of the quadripartite Joint Control Commission (JCC) in Vienna on February 20-21 and described this refusal as “irresponsible.” 

“I think that it is irresponsible, because just now it was necessary to launch a dialogue… We should utilize all means to advance the demilitarization process [in the South Ossetian conflict zone], to advance the establishment of a new peacekeeping mandate,” Bezhuashvili told reporters on February 18.

Russia has recently proposed to hold a session of the quadripartite Joint Control Commission (JCC) over South Ossetian in Moscow instead of Vienna.