The European Union delegation to Georgia on Tuesday 20 August called for an end to the erection of barbed wire fences by the de facto South Ossetian authorities, supported by Russian border guards, near the village of Gugutiantkari, under the authority of Tbilisi.
“It is essential that this work be stopped and that all concerned actively use the existing communication mechanisms - the Ergneti hotline and Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism” (IPRM) - which address issues affecting...