22:35, 24 March 2007

Russia's MFA gives positive echo to MCC co-chairs' meeting in Istanbul

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation is positively estimating the outcomes of the meeting of the co-chairmen of the Mixed Control Commission (MCC) in Istanbul and welcomes the readiness of the parties to go on with the negotiations on settling the Georgian-Ossetian conflict within the MCC format," runs the Russian MFA's statement of March 23.

The participants of the Istanbul meeting of the MCC's co-chairs have discussed the situation in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone. They have dealt with the pressing issues concerning the economic rehabilitation of the region, interaction of law-enforcement agencies of the Georgian and Ossetian parties, creation of conditions for refugees to come home, and other MCC's priority directions.

The parties have agreed to hold a regular MCC plenary session in the near future in Tbilisi. The particular dates and agenda of the session will be coordinated in the course of preliminary consultations of the parties.

Author: Alena Aleschenko, CK correspondent