JCC Meets in Moscow

A session of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) for talks on South Ossetia will be held in Moscow on August 17-18 with the participation of the Georgian, Russian, South Ossetian and North Ossetian sides.

Georgian State Minister for Conflict Resolution Issues Merab Antadze left for Moscow on August 16 to participate in the session.

In a statement issued on August 14, the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed hope that the forthcoming JCC session will give a new impetus to the process of the Georgian-South Ossetian settlement.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the sides will focus on the following issues: the launch of the activities for a joint working group set up to develop a joint program on South Ossetian conflict resolution; the interaction between South Ossetian and Georgian law enforcers in the conflict zone; the current situation in the conflict zone and priority measures on its demilitarization; and the economic rehabilitation of the conflict zone.

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