EU Monitoring Mission releases statement on returning Tatunashvili’s body to his family
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The European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) has released a statement over the release of Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili’s body from the occupied region of Tskhinvali.
Welcoming the fact that the body of Tatunashvili has finally been released to his family, the EUMM said the mission has been facilitating dialogue over the EUMM-managed hotline on this tragic case during the past weeks.
The EUMM, in its monitoring capacity and in line with its mandate, follows developments closely. The EUMM reaffirms its readiness to support ongoing investigations and to facilitate discussions through the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) and the hotline", the statement reads.
EUMM further called for a swift agreement between participants on the resumption of the IPRM meetings in Ergneti, which are co-facilitated by the EUMM and the OSCE.
The IPRM was created in February 2009 following the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict to address security concerns and ensure the protection of human rights in the occupied regions.
The body of the 35-year-old Georgian soldier Archil Tatunashvili, who died in unclear circumstances in the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on February 23, was handed over to the representatives of the government of Georgia last night, 26 days after his death.
The body of the 35-year-old Georgian soldier, Archil Tatunashvili, who died in unclear circumstances in the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on February 23, has been handed over to representatives of the government of Georgia several minutes ago, 26 days after his death.
Georgian parliamentary members from the ruling and opposition parties have agreed on adopting a joint resolution over the recent death of Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili in the Russian occupied region of Tskhinvali.
The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation has responded to Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili’s recent appeal to act jointly to resolve the complicated situation concerning Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili’s death in occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
The Deputy Head of the Analytical Department of Georgia’s State Security Service has left an emergency meeting with the representatives of the occupied Tskhinvali region in protest, as occupants and the breakaway regime leadership refuse to hand over the body of Archil Tatunashvili.
The European Union (EU) Special Representative for the South Caucasus Toivo Klaar has released a statement on his official Twitter page about the return of Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili’s body to his family 26 days after his death in unclear circumstances in occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The statement by the Spokesperson for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations was released following the 11th annual Human Rights Dialogue between EU and Georgia held on April 24 in Brussels.
The government of Georgia representatives demanded the handover of Archil Tatunashvili’s internal organs during the 86th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting in Ergneti village yesterday. The talks kicked off at 11 am and lasted until 9 pm. However, a representative of de facto Tskhinvali Murat Jioev stated after the meeting that "Tatunashvili was not tortured at all.”