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Article: Tripartite meeting on Georgia-South Ossetia shooting incidents canceled
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- July 31, 2009
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Tripartite meeting on Georgia-South Ossetia shooting incidents
canceled
TBILISI, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The scheduled Friday's tripartite
meeting on the recent shooting incidents in the border area between
Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia at the initiative
of the cease-fire monitoring mission of the European Union (EU) was
canceled due to Russia's absence without reason.
Over Wednesday night and early Thursday, shooting incidents
occurred in the conflict zone, as the authorities of Georgia and
South Ossetia both claimed they were under attack. No casualties
were reported.
The EU cease-fire monitoring mission, which on Monday decided to
extend its tenure in Georgia for 12 ...