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Article: STATE DEPT: U.S. WELCOMES PROGRESS IN SOUTH OSSETIA CONFLICT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 19, 2006
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The U.S. Department of State's International Information Programs issued the following press release:
The United States is pleased with the latest progress in talks aimed at settling peacefully the long-standing conflict over Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, according to an American diplomat. But in remarks to Europe's largest security organization May 18, the diplomat, Ambassador Julie Finley, also expressed alarm at interference with international military monitors.
The progress occurred within the context of talks held May 12 in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, under the auspices of the Joint Control Commission (JCC), an entity created by the 1992 Sochi Agreement, which established ...