Press Releases

On 20 October 2009, the seventh meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), chaired by the United Nations, was held in Gali. Participants reviewed incidents in the period since the last meeting, providing clarifications and additional information on most of the incidents addressed.  They also reviewed material pertaining to the issue of recent and past helicopter flights along and in the vicinity of the Inguri River, and noted the assurances given so that such flights do not provide cause for concern.

On 22 September 2009, the fifth meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), chaired by the United Nations, was held in Gali. Participants continued their discussion concerning the movement of local school children attending schools in Zugdidi and Tsalenjikha districts since the beginning of the new school year on 14 September.  Whilst the situation appears overall satisfactory, some remaining questions will be addressed during the next IPRM meeting.

On 11 August 2009, the third meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), chaired by the United Nations, was held in Gali. The meeting continued the discussion on some practical arrangements of work.  In light of the agreement reached in Geneva on 17-18 February 2009 on IPRMs, participants also discussed what should be considered an “incident”, and held an initial discussion on the terms of reference for “agreed joint visits”.  The meeting then addressed several substantive questions.