Official Statement on War Prisoners' Exchange

The Russian side spreads information that the Georgian side failed negotiations on exchanging the war prisoners'. This is obviously false accusation.

The Georgian side has confirmed several times its readiness on immediate exchanging of war prisoners according to the principle All to All. But unfortunately, the Russian side refuses to fulfill this principle.

The list of war prisoners handed by the Russian side is controversial and unclear. Some of those persons registered in the list had been already released for a long time. The most important is that according to the clarified information the number of Georgian war prisoners is much more.

Once more we confirm our readiness on immediate exchange of war prisoners according to the principle All to All.