Georgia did not believe in opening of the Russian border post. (FSB has opened a border post in the disputed area)
The Georgian authorities have called “impossible” opening of the Russian border post at Mamison Pass on the border between North and South Ossetia, which custom stuff of FSB announced over the weekend. How wrote on Tuesday, Kommersant, the Georgian side claims that the district Mamison Pass is still snow.
Deputy Head of Border Police of Georgia Koba Bochorishvili told reporters that after the melting of snow to the pass rise Georgian border guards. At the same time, the representative of the boundary of the FSB in North Ossetia, Alexander Malt argues that option is already fully operational.
Prior to the armed conflict in 2008 with the participation of Russia and Georgia Pass controlled Georgian border guards. Post functioned only in the warm season, when they were passable adjacent roads. In the spring of 2009, when the Georgian border guards came to the pass to open the post in the summer, they found that the pass is already in control of Russian troops.
From the perspective of the Russian side, Mamison Pass is located on the border of Russia and South Ossetia. According to Tbilisi, a Russian-Georgian border. Russia recognizes independence of South Ossetia, while Georgia says its territory occupied by Russian troops. The joint border security provides contract between Russia and South Ossetia signed last year.
Expert on the North Caucasus Mamuka Areshidze told reporters that Russia’s actions in the area Mamison Pass may be associated with the construction of the skiing complex Mamisoniya, which began in 2006. According to Areshidze, this project has already invested 3.2 billion rubles.
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