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Article: Georgia demands that South Ossetia release detained Georgian agents

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IRINA TITOVA, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
06-30-2004
Dateline: MOSCOW
The separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia on Wednesday turned back a Georgian official trying to retrieve three detained special services officers, a Georgian Cabinet member said, sharpening already high tensions.

The move prompted a Georgian delegation to refuse to attend a meeting of a commission aimed at resolving the conflict over South Ossetia, which has been de-facto independent since a 1992 truce ended separatist fighting.

Tensions in the region have risen sharply in recent weeks. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has vowed to restore Georgian control over South Ossetia.

The three Georgian agents ...

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