The fifth technical meeting held in the village of Ergneti after disruption of the meeting of the Group on Incidents Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRM). The situation at Chorchana village of Khashuri Municipality and occupied Tsnelisi were discussed at the meeting.

Irakli Antadze, the Deputy Director of Analytical Department of State Security Service said that Tskhinvali occupational regime linked the closure of the so-called checkpoints to the latest developments in Chorchana village without any ground: “Humanitarian issues related to the free movement of locals must not be the subject for bargaining”.
The occupied Tskhinvali regime closed the Akhalgori checkpoint and linked it to the development at Chorchana village. It said that the checkpoints would be opened after normalization of the situation and lifting off the tension on part of the Georgian side.
Also, the Georgian side said that it was not considering the issue of dismantling the Georgian police checkpoint at Chorchana village.
“The standard Georgian police checkpoint is located on the territory controlled by the central Government. Therefore, it will continue functioning in the usual regime and its only purpose is to ensure security at the site… Tskhinvali continues not to act constructively. Special meetings to settle the problems at the villages of Chorchana and Tsnelisi will continue and the issue will also be raised at the Geneva International Talks next week”, -said Antadze. 
He also added that the next meeting was scheduled for October 2 in Ergneti, but representatives of the occupation regime refused to take part in it. As Antadze noted, it is important to resume meetings in the IPRM format, as during these meetings important humanitarian or other issues for the local population are discussed.