South Ossetia and Georgia have been exchanging detainees.
South Ossetian human rights ombudsman David Sanakoyev told Itar-Tass that on Thursday South Ossetia handed over 56 people to Georgia. In exchange it received eight Ossetians, including one, who was heavily injured.
“In fact, they are hostages. Among them is a soldier of the South Ossetian peacekeeping battalion, others are rural residents, who had been taken by the Georgian troops,” he said.
On th
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e return list that was submitted to the Georgian side are 27 people.
“We agreed that today another 14 people will be returned. We understand that this list is not full. We are working on it,” he said.
He stressed that South Ossetia is ready to hand over to Georgia around 100 people, who did not want to stay in South Ossetia.
South Ossetia and Georgia have been exchanging detainees.
