Irina Gagloyeva, head of the South Ossetian Information & Press Committee, told RIA Novosti that Georgia had not started the promised withdrawal of its paramilitary units and that, moreover, it was strengthening its interior forces' positions on the borders of Ossetia's Dzhava District.
Georgia has deployed some 600 interior troops on the border with the Dzhava District, and is reinforcing its checkpoints here, Gagloyeva lamented. She accused Georgia of paving the way for a large-scale military operation.
Officials in Tbilisi deny the information, assuring that no interior forces have been sent in.
Unlike Georgia, South Ossetia does live up to its commitments, and already is pulling its militia units out of the conflict zone, Gagloyeva said.
At a July 14-15 session in Moscow, the Joint Control Commission for Georgia-Ossetia Settlement made a decision that all paramilitary units not involved in the peacekeeping effort should be withdrawn from the conflict zone. The Joint Control Commission is a quadripartite body comprised of officials representing Russia, Georgia, South Ossetia, and North Ossetia (a constituent republic of the Russian Federation).
