Brussels, 27/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - Leaders of Georgia and the self-proclaimed autonomous republic of South Ossetia are close to opening negotiations to find a political settlement to the conflict in the region, said EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus region, Heikki Talvitie after a visit last Tuesday to Tskhinvali, the capital of the Republic of South Ossetia, where he met the Georgian prime minister Zourab Jvania and the leader of the self-proclaimed republic, Edward...