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GEORGIA BLOCKS FOREIGN CITIZENS' ENTRY TO SOUTH OSSETIA
REGNUM
September 15, 2006
September 14, Georgia blocked the movement of persons with Russian
passports through the territory of South Ossetia, REGNUM correspondent
quotes Minister of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia Mikhail Mindzayev
to say.
Mindzayev says that citizens of Russia, Armenia, and other states,
except for the residents of South Ossetia, are not allowed to enter. He
remarked that such persons are not let in both from the Russian and
Georgian side. "As a response measure, we have closed transit through
South Ossetia for persons with Georgian passports, except for those who
reside in Georgian enclaves (villages populated mostly by Georgians)
in the South Ossetian territory."
The minister also says that the situation in the Georgian-Ossetian
conflict zone is stable, no incidents have been filed for the past
24-hour period.
"The Georgian leadership has not so far received any regular foreign
tranches to further their activities against South Ossetia," Mindzayev
commented.
REGNUM
September 15, 2006
September 14, Georgia blocked the movement of persons with Russian
passports through the territory of South Ossetia, REGNUM correspondent
quotes Minister of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia Mikhail Mindzayev
to say.
Mindzayev says that citizens of Russia, Armenia, and other states,
except for the residents of South Ossetia, are not allowed to enter. He
remarked that such persons are not let in both from the Russian and
Georgian side. "As a response measure, we have closed transit through
South Ossetia for persons with Georgian passports, except for those who
reside in Georgian enclaves (villages populated mostly by Georgians)
in the South Ossetian territory."
The minister also says that the situation in the Georgian-Ossetian
conflict zone is stable, no incidents have been filed for the past
24-hour period.
"The Georgian leadership has not so far received any regular foreign
tranches to further their activities against South Ossetia," Mindzayev
commented.