Georgia, separatists to hold talks on August 7: official

TBILISI - Officials from Georgia and separatist South Ossetia will hold landmark direct talks on August 7, a spokeswoman for Georgian Reintegration Minister Temur Yakobashvili told AFP on Tuesday.

"There is an agreement to hold a meeting in Tskhinvali on August 7," said the spokeswoman, Marina Salukvadze, referring to the capital of the unrecognised province of South Ossetia in the Caucasus mountains.

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