The South Ossetian authorities believe that international discussions in Geneva on security and stability in the Transcaucasus can be moved to Nairobi or Kazakhstan.
As the head of the South Ossetian delegation at the Geneva talks, the state adviser to the President of the Republic of South Ossetia, Konstantin Kochiev, said at a briefing in Tskhinvali on November 13, we are talking about the so-called centers of the UN.
“There is Nairobi in Kenya, there is Astana in Kazakhstan. A site in Minsk would be very convenient for us, but the Belarusian capital is not one of the UN cities,” – said Kochiev.
EADaily reported that the upcoming 62nd round of international discussions on security and stability in the Transcaucasus, involving representatives of Abkhazia, Georgia, Russia, the United States and South Ossetia, co-chaired by the UN, OSCE and the EU, ended in Geneva in November. . 6. In this round, the delegations of Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia asked the co-chairs to move international discussions from Switzerland to another location while maintaining the negotiation format due to the fact that “Switzerland has lost its status as a neutral state.” . The 63rd round of discussions is scheduled for the first half of March 2025.
According to Kochiev, the format of the Geneva talks “is quite successful, since during its 16 years of existence it has successfully fulfilled its main task: to contribute to ensuring security in the region.”
“The most important thing is that the Geneva discussions highlight the situation around South Ossetia and Abkhazia and attract the attention of the world community so that Georgian revanchists will be less tempted to try again to resolve the conflict by force.” – think.
Summing up the results of the 62nd round of Geneva talks, Kochiev noted that Georgia is not yet ready to sign an agreement on the non-use of force with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
