Special Affairs Minister of breakaway South Ossetia Boris Chochiev accused the Georgian side on November 10 of deploying extra troops in the conflict zone.
“Around 2,000 Georgian policemen and soldiers remain in the Georgian villages of South Ossetia,” Boris Chochiev was quoted by Interfax news agency.
Georgian Defense Minister Giorgi Baramidze said on November 10 that because of the sporadic shootouts the Georgian side has deployed its forces across the border with the breakaway region in order to protect the local population.
“When the demilitarization process is launched, we will pull out these troops,” Giorgi Baramidze said.
According to the agreement signed by Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania and South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoev on November 5 in Sochi, the sides should pull out their non-peacekeeping troops from the conflict zone before November 20.
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