The five-hour-long meeting of Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism has ended in Ergneti.

According to Irakli Antadze, Deputy Director of the Information-Analytical Department of the State Security Service, a number of important issues were discussed at the meeting, with the main focus on the unconditional release of illegally detained Georgian citizens.

"The main issue of today’s meeting was the unconditional release of our fellow citizens from illegal detention. This issue was raised very urgently, as you know, there is a high degree of international support on this issue, which was underlined at today's meeting. At this stage, it will be difficult to talk about specific dates, but we hope that in the near future, all our illegally detained fellow citizens will return to their families," - said Antadze.

Representatives of the central government of Georgia also raised the incidents observed in the occupied territories in recent months - including the illegal borderization and illegal exercises.

"We discussed all the important incidents in the occupied region and the surrounding areas, and in this context, the main problem is the so-called illegal borderization, which has been in an active phase in recent month. Borderization is an organic part of all the negative developments that affects the local, indigenous people on both sides of the occupation line

As for the Chorchana checkpoint, naturally, we had a discussion about this issue and the position of the central government is unequivocal - this is a standard police post and its main purpose is to promote the security environment," he said.

The next working meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Group will be held on 23 April.