The 109th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRMs) meeting was held on 10 November in Ergneti village, near the occupation line of Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia.

Today’s meeting took place under the co-facilitation of Ambassador Marek Szczygieł, Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) and Ambassador Viorel Moşanu, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus.

IPRM participants discussed issues that negatively impact the lives and livelihoods of the conflict-affected population, including continued ‘borderisation’ activities. They preliminarily agreed to hold a technical meeting on the topic of the ABL-adjacent population’s access to irrigation and drinking water by mid-March 2023, the EUMM said.

The unlawfully detained Georgians’ release and continued ‘borderization’ activities were in focus at the meeting, according to Irakli Antadze, the Deputy Director of the Information-Analytical Department of the State Security Service (SSG).

As to Tskhinvali representatives’ demands, Antidze said those concern the Georgian police checkpoint in Chorchana village, near the occupation line on Tbilisi-administered territory. Previously, the de facto leadership demanded that it be dismantled. “We have reiterated that this is a standard check-point with no other purpose than to provide security. The central government does not prohibit free movement,” he noted.

The participants agreed to convene the next IPRM on 17 January 2023 with a possibility to hold a meeting earlier, if participants found it necessary.

During today’s 109th IPRM meeting, Co-Facilitators @EUMMGeorgia_HoM and @PLinOSCE advocated for the lifting of freedom of movement restrictions and resolution of pending detention cases in view of the upcoming holiday season. @OSCE

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— EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (@EUMMGeorgia) November 10, 2022