TSKHINVALI. Aug 18 (Interfax) - The South Ossetian side adheres to the construction of interstate relations with Georgia on the standards of international law on which relations between these legal entities are based, republican presidential deputy plenipotentiary representative for the post-conflict resolution Khokh Gagloity told Interfax.
"Any other approaches to this issue (…) are attempts at distorting the meanings and the essence of this issue," Gagloity said in comments on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's statements on the need "to obtain tangible progress" at the Geneva talks on ensuring security and stability in the Transcaucasia, the resolution of all issues which had emerged as a result of the armed conflict in August 2008.
The UN chief voiced concerns about the statements on "building the border" along the dividing lines between the conflicting parties.
"As for the phrase 'border construction' used by the UN Secretary-General, this is a wording which brings about the wrong perception from an observer. Certainly, no 'construction' is being made. The South Ossetian state border has existed since the proclamation of the state sovereignty of the Republic on May 29, 1992," Gagloity said.
"Planned and natural works are being done along the state border line of the Republic of South Ossetia on the South Ossetian-Georgian border section," Gagloity said.
"In this case, probably it will be suitable to note that similar works are being done on the South-Ossetian section of the state border. Another case of expressing an ultimatum by the Georgian representative in the UN is quite incorrect and is intended to mislead the international community. The incomparability [in the unbiased analysis] of the productivity of approaches to the resolution of the conflict by the South Ossetian and Georgian sides is also coming from this," Gagloity said.
Gagloity said that, meanwhile, South Ossetia was advancing towards progress of the settlement of relations between the Republic of South Ossetia and Georgia. "Our positions are always clear, open and understandable," he said.