The State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Ketevan Tsikhelashvili commented on the decision of the de facto parliament of the occupied Tskhinvali region to create special commission on the delimitation and demarcation of the de facto border in the village of Tsnelisi. According to the State Minister, it is a provocative step and the occupational regime has no legal or logical basis for it.

"The statement that was made about the non-existent boundary has neither legal nor logical basis. So we can consider it only as the provocative statement", - said Tsikhelashvili.

He also said that the issue was discussed during the Geneva talks yesterday.

"Yesterday at the 44th round of Geneva International Discussions this was one of the topics of discussion and of course our and our partners' position is that it shouldn’t lead to any kind of provocative action that could complicate the humanitarian and security situation. Instead of these barbed wire fences and restrictions, it is better to listen to the population of Mughuti, Tsnelisi, Artsevi, Ikorta, Abrevi, Orchosani, Tsinagari and many other villages where ossetians and georgians are in a difficult situation and they demand freedom of movement. Instead, they get the fences. This is against their interests.

"That's why it's better to work together on solutions. The Government of Georgia has important, concrete peace initiatives for population, in order to improve their daily life and build a country, where people can live without barbed wires", - said Ketevan Tsikhelashvili.

According to the local media, the so-called de facto border delimitation and demarcation commission will be formed in the de-facto parliament of the occupied Tskhinvali region. Besides, as the de-facto vice-speaker of the de-facto parliament of the Tskhinvali Ruslan Tedeev said, this decision was made on the basis of the population request. According to him, the population expressed concern about the fact that the village was not "in the borders of South Ossetia".