Tshinval/Agency Caucasus – Eduard Kokoiti, President of South Ossetia, accused Georgia’s secret service of plotting terrorist attacks on the Georgians who live in South Ossetia and the Georgian peacekeeping troops.
According to Kokoiti, the plots of terrorist attacks are aimed at serving two purposes: fueling the feelings of enmity towards the administration of South Ossetia on the one hand and accusing the administration of South Ossetia of being unable to respond to terrorism on the other hand.
With terrorist attacks being plotted, it will be possible for the international community as well as the supporters of Georgia to argue that the Russian peacekeeping troops fall short of fulfilling their responsibilities, according to Kokoiti. And this will eventually give the administration of Georgia the excuse it has sought achingly for going to war against South Ossetia, Kokoiti thinks.
"Plans of this kind are being hatched by the secret agents of Georgia," said the president of South Ossetia, "and we know who provides patronage for them."
Georgia sought ways to render the Russian administration passive in its role as a mediator in negotiations, argued Kokoiti, because Georgia did not want Russia to have an active participation in what the peacekeeping troops did.
"The administration of Georgia is nowadays trying hard to render us ineffective in our efforts both to bring a solution to conflicts that we experience with the Russian Federation and to make stability prevalent across the entire Caucasus," said Kokoiti. "There are at least two plain examples that support my argument: one is the Georgian drones that were shot down after they entered Abkhazian airspace without permission, and the other one is the secret agents of Georgia plotting terrorist attacks on the people who live in South Ossetia. In short, the Georgian administration does not care if the Caucasian people can live in stable peace in their homes." KU/ÖZ/FT
