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Weisbrod-Weber

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2008-08-28

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2008-08-28

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1. “During our last briefing, as concerns the Kodori Valley, you were informed that UNOMIG planned to conduct a patrol there. To date, the patrol has not taken place owing to the absence of the necessary security guarantees.”

   2008-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5969 (2008) · source

2. “The Abkhaz side claims that Georgian armed elements are active on their side of the ceasefire line. There are also reports of mines having been laid in the Gali district. At this point, UNOMIG cannot verify any of those claims, largely due to the fact that UNOMIG has thus far not been able to obtain the appropriate security guarantees that would allow the resumption of normal patrolling in the Gali Sector. Patrolling in that sector thus continues to be restricted to the main road crossing it, the M27. UNOMIG expects to be able to resume normal patrolling in the next few days. On the Georgian side, UNOMIG was informed that the Russian forces had left the Senaki military base and the Georgian police was conducting demining of the area. UNOMIG has resumed normal patrolling patterns in the Zugdidi sector.”

   2008-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5969 (2008) · source

3. “08-49297 On 22 August, Russian military officials stated that the total strength of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS-PKF) in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone stood at 2,142. They also announced plans to establish 18 additional checkpoints in the conflict zone and one in the upper Kodori Valley. Since then, UNOMIG has observed a forward-positioning of the checkpoints of the CIS-peacekeeping force from the ceasefire line towards the eastern perimeter of the restricted weapons zone, which is the boundary of the zone of conflict with Georgia proper. Overall, the situation in and around the Georgian- Abkhaz conflict zone has remained tense. Abkhaz forces continue to exercise control over the Ganmukhuri and Kourcha pockets north of the Inguri River, on the Georgian side of the ceasefire line.”

   2008-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5969 (2008) · source

4. “Mr. Weisbrod-Weber: As requested, I would like to update the Security Council on developments in and around the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone. Since we were last briefed, the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) has observed the large-scale movement of Russian troops and military hardware from the Georgian side of the ceasefire line to that controlled by Abkhazia. On 23 August, some 220 vehicles, including armoured personnel carriers and trucks, as well as towed artillery guns, were observed by UNOMIG moving north across the ceasefire line. According to UNOMIG, only a small number of Russian troops not under the command of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) remain on the Georgian side of the ceasefire line.”

   2008-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5969 (2008) · source