GENEVA / RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN TALKS

The 9th round of talks is underway between Russia and Georgia aimed at restoring stability in the region following the escalation of the conflict between the two countries in August 2008. UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:30
• Production Date: 28 January 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: GEORGIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• MAMS Id: U100128b

Description

STORY: GENEVA / RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN TALKS
TRT: 1.30
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / RUSSIAN / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 28 JANUARY 2010, GENEVA SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, Press Room
2. Cutaway, journalist
3. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Grigory Karasin, Director of the Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Head of delegation:
“It became clear today that the Geneva discussions, and the results achieved during these, have contributed to the stabilization of the South Caucuses, where over the last 9 months of 2009 there has not been a single loss of life, something that is very important and positive, but problems do remain and these relate to the high level of mistrust."
4. Cutaway, journalist
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Giorgi Bokeria, First Deputy Foreign Minister, Georgia:
"This round of Geneva discussions really was extremely difficult. I would say more difficult than we got used to in the previous rounds – primarily because of the Russian position presented by the co-chairs regarding the security and the stability inside the occupied territories and the whole of Georgia.”
6. Med shot, journalists

Storyline

The 9th round of the talks between Russia and Georgia took place today in Geneva under the auspices of the United Nations, The European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

The Georgian delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Giorgi Bokeria and the Russian delegation by the Director of Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Grigory Karasin.

The talks aimed at restoring stability in the region following the conflict between the two countries that escalated in August 2008.

The head of the Russian Delegation Grigory Karasin said that it had became clear that the Geneva discussions had contributed to the stabilization of the South Caucuses where over the last 9 months of 2009 there had not been a single loss of life. This is something he defined as “very important and positive.”

Still Karasin noted that problems did remain and that there was a “high level of mistrust."

Georgia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Giorgi Bokeria said that the round of Geneva discussions had been “extremely difficult,” because of the Russian position presented by the co-chairs regarding the security and the stability inside the occupied territories and the whole of Georgia.

The next round of the meeting will be held on 30th March 2010.