Burjanadze Barred from Entering Tskhinvali Region

Georgian Parliamentary Chairperson Nino Burjanadze was barred from entering the Tskhinvali region on August 13.

?The Ossetian side is categorically against my entering the Tskhinvali region. I simply want to pass via Tskhinvali [capital of breakaway South Ossetia] and meet with Georgian population of the breakaway region,? Nino Burjanadze said at the Tkviavi administrative border between breakaway South Ossetia and the rest of Georgia.

She reiterated that the Georgian Prime Minister is ready to hold talks with South Ossetian de facto President Eduard Kokoev, however the latter is categorically against.