29th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti | WPN World People News

On 18 December the 29th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), co-facilitated by the EUMM and the OSCE, took place in Ergneti.

OSCE Chairperson-in Office's Special Representative for the South Caucasus Ambassador Pádraig Murphy (c) flanked by Andrii Deshchytsia, Special Representative of the incoming Ukrainian Chairmanship of the OSCE (l), and the Head of the EUMM, Ambassador Andrzej Tyszkiewicz, Ergneti, 18 December 2012.

Participants discussed recent detention cases and the fate of South Ossetian prisoners in Georgian prisons. The issue of a missing truck that had been discussed at previous meetings was successfully resolved. Participants reviewed incidents since the last IPRM, in particular the shooting incident that took place near Koda on 2 December. The importance of all sides giving early notification of military movements and military exercises was once again stressed.

Ambassador Tyszkiewicz, the head of EUMM, requested leniency in the upcoming holiday season for those wishing to visit relatives and religious sites across or near the Administrative Boundary Line.

Participants expressed appreciation for the work of Ambassador Pádraig Murphy, the Irish OSCE chairmanship’s outgoing Special Representative for the South Caucasus, and welcomed Mr Andrii Deshchytsia, Special Representative of the incoming OSCE chairmanship.

The meeting was held in a business-like atmosphere.

Source: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe