As agreed at the previous Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting, the fortieth meeting took place on 19 October 2016 in Gali town under the chairmanship of the United Nations.
Participants have actively engaged in the discussion, exchanged information and views on all points on the agenda, thus contributing to business-like atmosphere at the meeting. They were encouraged to continue this trend in their future engagements.
Participants followed up on the issues and cases raised at previous IPRM meetings. They once again exchanged information on the investigation process with regard to the 19 May 2016 killing of an unarmed person. In this respect, a representative of the Abkhaz military prosecutor office, who was present as an expert, provided an update on the status of the investigation and the next steps, which should be taken. He also responded to questions raised by other participants.
Furthermore, with regard to the previous murder cases and other incidents, participants exchanged additional information on some of them. In addition, they have discussed new points on the agenda, including a murder case, which took place in 2006; and freedom of movement of school children as well as detention of two individuals in September 2016.
The participants agreed to hold the next meeting of the IPRM on 11 November 2016 in Gali.