EU Envoy Visited Tskhinvali
EU special representative to the South Caucasus countries Heikki Talvitie upon his arrival from the breakaway South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali on August 24, there are ?real chances? to start a political dialogue between the conflicting sides.
He said that the tensions in the conflict zone were relatively defused after the Georgian side?s decision to unilaterally pull out all the non-peacekeeping troops from the region. ?But it [the situation] is still full of dangerous,? Heikki Talvitie added.
The EU envoy called the South Ossetian side ?to follow the example? of the Georgian side and demilitarize the conflict zone.
?We can not proceed very far if there is no political dialogue between Georgia and South Ossetia,? Heikki Talvitie said. He added, that the confidence building between the conflicting sides ?is not easy, but it is not impossible either.?
