Tskhinval discusses the possibility of conducting the consultative meeting on the start of the negotiation process

The JCC Co-chair from the South Ossetian side Boris Chochiev informed that “the JCC Co-chair from the Russian side Jury Popov applied to the South Ossetian part of the JCC with the proposal that Russia comes out with the initiative to arrange a preparatory and consultative meeting on the continuation of the negotiation process within the framework of the internationally recognized status – the Joint Control Commission on the resolution of the Georgian - Ossetian conflict (JCC).

The consultations are assigned for 7 August 2008.

The meeting is supposed to be attended by: JCC Co-chair from the South Ossetian side Boris Chochiev, the Special representative of the President of Georgia on the resolution of conflicts Taimuraz Jakobashvili, JCC Co-chair from the Russian side Jury Popov

Currently the proposal of the Russian side is under consideration by the Government of South Ossetia.