The 85th IPRM meeting took place in Ergneti

1 March 2018
The discussions under the 85th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting took place in Ergneti on 1 March 2018. 
The main topic of discussion was the death of Mr. Archil Tutunashvili and the case of two Georgian citizens - Levan Kutashvili and Ioseb Pavliashvili who were detained on February 22 together with Archil Tatunashvili and later released, but the documents were seized and they are unable to move to Georgian controlled territory.

The Georgian side did not receive answers to these questions. The Ossetian side can not specify when it will be possible to deliver Tutunashvili’s body. They said that family will receive his body together with the expertise conclusion.

Since the Georgian side did not receive answers on these two main issues, it was impossible to discuss other topics of the agenda and the representatives of Georgian side left the meeting. It will be resumed when Georgian side receives the answers on these issues.

In February 2009, during the 4th round of the Geneva international talks an agreement on the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was reached in the direction of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.   

The main goal of this format is to review daily incidents and ensure quick response.   

The Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, (IPRM), chaired by the UN, with participation of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM).  

The Central Government of Georgia is presented on The Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism with the representatives of the State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality and the State security service of Georgia.