SOUTH OSSETIA CLOSES BORDER WITH GEORGIA

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
05.08.2009 12:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ President of South Ossetia, Eduard Kokoity, announced
the closure of the administrative border with Georgia from Tuesday
midnight, forbidding any vehicles or passengers to cross over.

He explained the move by the necessity "to prevent further provocations
from the Georgian side" and "to avoid the threat of the A/H1N1 flu",
as 12 Georgians are reported to have been infected.

Tensions in the border area between Georgia and South Ossetia were
heightened days before the first anniversary of Georgia’s brief war
with Russia. While Georgia accused South Ossetia of shelling Georgian
villages, South Ossetian authorities said the suburbs of its capital
were attacked by Georgian mortars.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress