The statements voiced by Georgian Prime Minister I. Kobakhidze on the day of commemoration of hundreds of victims of Georgia’s aggression against South Ossetia in August 2008 sound cynical. The fact that Georgia initiated armed intervention to South Ossetia and attacked the peacekeepers, who were acting in accordance with international agreements, is a well-known fact, confirmed by the independent EU commission headed by a Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini, which the official Tbilisi is trying to conceal.
The doubts expressed about the necessity of conducting work on the document on non-use of force which is key objective for the International Discussions on Security in Transcaucasia and the wording that “this is not serious” require close attention and analysis from the parties involved in the negotiating process, which are interested in stability across the region.
8 August 2025