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Joint Control Commission for Georgian–Ossetian Conflict Resolution

November 01, 2023

Joint Control Commission for Georgian–Ossetian Conflict Resolution (JCC) was a peacekeeping organization, operating in South Ossetia and overseeing the joint peacekeeping forces in the region. It was disbanded on October 10, 2008.

Created in 1992 after the South Ossetian War, the Commission consisted of four members with equal representation: Georgia, North Ossetia, Russia, and South Ossetia. Georgia declared its wish to withdraw from the JCC in March 2008, demanding a new 2+2+2 formula, including the EU, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia on the place of North Ossetia.[1] The command of the Georgian peacekeepers was transferred from the JCC to the Georgian Defense Ministry.[2]

The commission was created by an agreement signed by the Head of Parliament of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze, and the President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin.[3] Shevardnadze later succeeded Zviad Gamsakhurdia as the President of Georgia

The Joined Peacekeeping Force (JPKF) created by the agreement consisted of three members with equal representation: Georgian, Russian and South Ossetian contingents. By September, 2008, Georgia left the JPKF[4] following the Russo-Georgian War.

Joint peacekeeping force (JPKF) in the 2008 Russo-Georgian War edit

 
Headquarters of the Russian peacekeeping forces in Tskhinvali on August 18.

At 8:00 am on 1 August, a Georgian police lorry was blown up by an improvised explosive device on the road near Tskhinvali, injuring five Georgian policemen. In response, Georgian snipers assaulted some of the South Ossetian border checkpoints, killing four Ossetians and injuring seven.[citation needed] According to majority of reports, the South Ossetians were responsible for instigating the bomb explosion which marked the opening of hostilities.[5]

The Russian deputy defence minister, Nikolay Pankov, had a secret meeting with the separatist authorities in Tskhinvali on 3 August.[citation needed] An evacuation of Ossetian women and children to Russia began on the same day.[6] According to researcher Andrey Illarionov, the South Ossetian separatists evacuated more than 20,000 civilians, which represented more than 90 percent of the civilian population of the future combat zone.[citation needed]

Mortar and artillery exchange between the South Ossetian and Georgian forces erupted in the afternoon of 6 August along almost the entire line of contact, which lasted until the dawn of 7 August. Exchanges resumed following a brief gap in the morning.[citation needed] South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity announced that the South Ossetian armed forces were ready to go on the offensive in the next few hours.[7] At 14:00 on 7 August, two Georgian peacekeepers were killed in Avnevi as a result of Ossetian shelling.[8] At about 14:30, Georgian tanks, 122 mm howitzers and 203 mm self-propelled artillery began heading towards South Ossetia to dissuade separatists from additional attacks.[9] During the afternoon, OSCE monitors recorded Georgian military traffic, including artillery, on roads near Gori.[8] In the afternoon, Georgian personnel left the Joint Peacekeeping Force headquarters in Tskhinvali.[10]

According to Gia Karkarashvili, ex-minister of defense of Georgia, Georgian servicemen of the JPKF were ordered by the Georgian command to leave their posts on August 7, at 3:00 p.m. This was one hour before the Georgian army received an order to move to the borders of South Ossetia. Karkarashvili claimed Georgian JPKF servicemen did not take part in the attack on the city they vowed to protect.[11] However, Sergey Lavrov, minister of foreign affairs of Russia, later accused Georgian JPKF servicemen of taking part in the Georgian onslaught, and of "firing at their comrades-in-arms [from JPKF]".[12]

Shortly before midnight of August 7, Mamuka Kurashvili, then a commander of the Georgian JPKF battalion, claimed Georgia started an operation to "reinstate constitutional order", and "cleanse the Georgian territory of criminal elements".[13] Kurashvili took part in the attack on Tskhinvali.[14]

According to Russian government, Russian peacekeeping battalion played a major role in the defense of Tskhinvali during the Georgian onslaught. Russian government reported ten peacekeepers from the Russian JPKF force were killed during the Georgian attacks on the base of Russian JPKF peacekeepers in Tskhinvali.[15] According to Russian government: though vastly outnumbered, 250 Russian peacekeepers present in the cantonment repelled five Georgian attacks, destroyed six tanks, and four armored vehicles of the Georgian army. The peacekeepers were offering resistance for three days, until, on August 10, with Russian army units coming over from Northern Ossetia, Georgian army had to retreat from Tskhinvali. The Georgian army failed to take the cantonment of the Russian peacekeeping battalion.[16]

Konstantin Timerman, acting commander of the Russian JPKF unit, was awarded the medal Hero of the Russian Federation, the highest award in the Russian military, and several servicemen of the unit were awarded the Order of Courage and the Cross of St. George for military heroism.[17][18]

Dissolution edit

On page 372 of volume III of the IIFFMCG report, the JPKF was disbanded as hostilities had ceased on the 10th of October, 2008 as the European Monitoring Commission had been deployed to the region.[15]

References edit

  1. ^ Civil Georgia. . Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. ^ Sergei Markedonov (October–December 2008). (PDF). Russia in Global Affairs. 6 (4). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  3. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
  4. ^ "Кавказский Узел - Гия Каркарашвили (экс-министр обороны Грузии): "Власть оставила на поле боя вооружение, погибших и свою честь"". Кавказский Узел. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  5. ^ . Financial Times. 26 August 2008. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008.
  6. ^ Svante E. Cornell; Johanna Popjanevski; Niklas Nilsson (August 2008). (PDF). Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2013.
  7. ^ Конфликт в Южной Осетии: переговоров не будет (in Russian). Radio Svoboda. 7 August 2008.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ a b Peter Finn (17 August 2008). "A Two-Sided Descent into Full-Scale War". The Washington Post.
  9. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011.
  10. ^ (PDF). OSCE. 7 August 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
  11. ^ "Кавказский Узел - Гия Каркарашвили (экс-министр обороны Грузии): "Власть оставила на поле боя вооружение, погибших и свою честь"". Кавказский Узел. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Лавров: Грузинские миротворцы должны покинуть Южную Осетию". Юга.ру. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  13. ^ "Курашвили, Мамука". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  14. ^ Civil Georgia. "Civil.Ge - Senior MoD Official Testifies Before War Commission". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  15. ^ a b 2011-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ . Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  17. ^ . Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  18. ^ . Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

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Joint Control Commission for Georgian Ossetian Conflict Resolution JCC was a peacekeeping organization operating in South Ossetia and overseeing the joint peacekeeping forces in the region It was disbanded on October 10 2008 Created in 1992 after the South Ossetian War the Commission consisted of four members with equal representation Georgia North Ossetia Russia and South Ossetia Georgia declared its wish to withdraw from the JCC in March 2008 demanding a new 2 2 2 formula including the EU the Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe OSCE and the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia on the place of North Ossetia 1 The command of the Georgian peacekeepers was transferred from the JCC to the Georgian Defense Ministry 2 The commission was created by an agreement signed by the Head of Parliament of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze and the President of Russia Boris Yeltsin 3 Shevardnadze later succeeded Zviad Gamsakhurdia as the President of GeorgiaThe Joined Peacekeeping Force JPKF created by the agreement consisted of three members with equal representation Georgian Russian and South Ossetian contingents By September 2008 Georgia left the JPKF 4 following the Russo Georgian War Contents 1 Joint peacekeeping force JPKF in the 2008 Russo Georgian War 2 Dissolution 3 References 4 See alsoJoint peacekeeping force JPKF in the 2008 Russo Georgian War edit nbsp Headquarters of the Russian peacekeeping forces in Tskhinvali on August 18 At 8 00 am on 1 August a Georgian police lorry was blown up by an improvised explosive device on the road near Tskhinvali injuring five Georgian policemen In response Georgian snipers assaulted some of the South Ossetian border checkpoints killing four Ossetians and injuring seven citation needed According to majority of reports the South Ossetians were responsible for instigating the bomb explosion which marked the opening of hostilities 5 The Russian deputy defence minister Nikolay Pankov had a secret meeting with the separatist authorities in Tskhinvali on 3 August citation needed An evacuation of Ossetian women and children to Russia began on the same day 6 According to researcher Andrey Illarionov the South Ossetian separatists evacuated more than 20 000 civilians which represented more than 90 percent of the civilian population of the future combat zone citation needed Mortar and artillery exchange between the South Ossetian and Georgian forces erupted in the afternoon of 6 August along almost the entire line of contact which lasted until the dawn of 7 August Exchanges resumed following a brief gap in the morning citation needed South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity announced that the South Ossetian armed forces were ready to go on the offensive in the next few hours 7 At 14 00 on 7 August two Georgian peacekeepers were killed in Avnevi as a result of Ossetian shelling 8 At about 14 30 Georgian tanks 122 mm howitzers and 203 mm self propelled artillery began heading towards South Ossetia to dissuade separatists from additional attacks 9 During the afternoon OSCE monitors recorded Georgian military traffic including artillery on roads near Gori 8 In the afternoon Georgian personnel left the Joint Peacekeeping Force headquarters in Tskhinvali 10 According to Gia Karkarashvili ex minister of defense of Georgia Georgian servicemen of the JPKF were ordered by the Georgian command to leave their posts on August 7 at 3 00 p m This was one hour before the Georgian army received an order to move to the borders of South Ossetia Karkarashvili claimed Georgian JPKF servicemen did not take part in the attack on the city they vowed to protect 11 However Sergey Lavrov minister of foreign affairs of Russia later accused Georgian JPKF servicemen of taking part in the Georgian onslaught and of firing at their comrades in arms from JPKF 12 Shortly before midnight of August 7 Mamuka Kurashvili then a commander of the Georgian JPKF battalion claimed Georgia started an operation to reinstate constitutional order and cleanse the Georgian territory of criminal elements 13 Kurashvili took part in the attack on Tskhinvali 14 According to Russian government Russian peacekeeping battalion played a major role in the defense of Tskhinvali during the Georgian onslaught Russian government reported ten peacekeepers from the Russian JPKF force were killed during the Georgian attacks on the base of Russian JPKF peacekeepers in Tskhinvali 15 According to Russian government though vastly outnumbered 250 Russian peacekeepers present in the cantonment repelled five Georgian attacks destroyed six tanks and four armored vehicles of the Georgian army The peacekeepers were offering resistance for three days until on August 10 with Russian army units coming over from Northern Ossetia Georgian army had to retreat from Tskhinvali The Georgian army failed to take the cantonment of the Russian peacekeeping battalion 16 Konstantin Timerman acting commander of the Russian JPKF unit was awarded the medal Hero of the Russian Federation the highest award in the Russian military and several servicemen of the unit were awarded the Order of Courage and the Cross of St George for military heroism 17 18 Dissolution editOn page 372 of volume III of the IIFFMCG report the JPKF was disbanded as hostilities had ceased on the 10th of October 2008 as the European Monitoring Commission had been deployed to the region 15 References edit Civil Georgia Civil Ge Tbilisi Proposes New Negotiating Format for S Ossetia Archived from the original on 13 August 2008 Retrieved 7 September 2015 Sergei Markedonov October December 2008 Regional Conflicts Reloaded PDF Russia in Global Affairs 6 4 Archived from the original PDF on 2009 10 07 Retrieved 2009 08 28 Sochi agreement version in Russian language PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2011 10 06 Retrieved 2009 03 12 Kavkazskij Uzel Giya Karkarashvili eks ministr oborony Gruzii Vlast ostavila na pole boya vooruzhenie pogibshih i svoyu chest Kavkazskij Uzel Retrieved 7 September 2015 Countdown in the Caucasus Seven days that brought Russia and Georgia to war Financial Times 26 August 2008 Archived from the original on 20 September 2008 Svante E Cornell Johanna Popjanevski Niklas Nilsson August 2008 Russia s War in Georgia Causes and Implications for Georgia and the World PDF Central Asia Caucasus Institute amp Silk Road Studies Program Archived from the original PDF on 30 May 2013 Konflikt v Yuzhnoj Osetii peregovorov ne budet in Russian Radio Svoboda 7 August 2008 permanent dead link a b Peter Finn 17 August 2008 A Two Sided Descent into Full Scale War The Washington Post On the eve of war The Sequence of events on august 7 2008 PDF Archived from the original PDF on 21 July 2011 Spot Report Update on the situation in the zone of the Georgian Ossetian conflict PDF OSCE 7 August 2008 Archived from the original PDF on 6 March 2009 Kavkazskij Uzel Giya Karkarashvili eks ministr oborony Gruzii Vlast ostavila na pole boya vooruzhenie pogibshih i svoyu chest Kavkazskij Uzel Retrieved 7 September 2015 Lavrov Gruzinskie mirotvorcy dolzhny pokinut Yuzhnuyu Osetiyu Yuga ru 12 August 2008 Retrieved 7 September 2015 Kurashvili Mamuka Retrieved 7 September 2015 Civil Georgia Civil Ge Senior MoD Official Testifies Before War Commission Retrieved 7 September 2015 a b IIFFMCG Vol III p 372 Archived 2011 08 08 at the Wayback Machine Brestskaya krepost Chinvala Archived from the original on 2011 08 11 Retrieved 2011 08 05 Za strokoj ukaza Archived from the original on 2011 09 27 Retrieved 2011 08 05 Prezident Rossii Ukaz O nagrazhdenii gosudarstvennymi nagradami Rossijskoj Federacii voennosluzhashih Vooruzhennyh Sil Rossijskoj Federacii Archived from the original on 20 April 2014 Retrieved 7 September 2015 See also editSochi agreement Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joint Control Commission for Georgian Ossetian Conflict Resolution amp oldid 1174586073, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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