Georgian experts visit North Ossetia

by Sergey Rekeda, exclusively for Vestnik Kavkaza

Georgian experts, including officials of non-commercial organizations and scientists, arrived in North Ossetia yesterday (for the first time since August 2008). Their visit was organized by the Caucasian Cooperation, a non-commercial partnership, to give Georgian experts an image of events in the North Caucasus and public opinion about Georgia.

Georgy Gvimradze, a senior scientist of the center for strategic studies, expressed joy about the visit. He noted that the Georgian parliament was considering amendments to the law on occupied territories to improve ties with South Ossetia. Georgian authorities planned to re-launch the market in Ergneti on the Georgian – South Ossetian border. The market had been operating from the 1990s to the Rose Revolution in Tbilisi.

The Georgian officials visited a local Georgian school, which has classes in Georgian, Russian, Ossetian and English, attended a round-table conference at the North Ossetian Institute for Humanitarian and Social Studies, the Friendship Center to meet representatives of public organizations, such as Ertoba, a structure with about 10,000 Georgians.

The Georgian guests plan to visit Makhachkala and Nalchik.