Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili issued a statement on 6 August welcoming the recent decision of the OSCE Permanent Council to increase the number of military observers deployed along the border region between South Ossetia and Georgia proper. Although the increased deployment is marginal, with only two additional observers added to the four-person OSCE force, the move is seen as an attempt by the OSCE to demonstrate its commitment to stabilizing the situation in South Ossetia. The OSCE Permanent Council is also expected to dispatch a small delegation to Tbilisi in the coming days. The increase was first requested by the Georgian Foreign Ministry during a 29 July meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. (ITAR-TASS)