Truso Gorge

[2] Following the departure of the majority of the remaining Ossetian population during the 1991 war Georgian families attempted to move into the now abandoned villages.

[1] Georgia does allow limited entry to the gorge from its original pre-1991 Ossetian population, given they provide proper documentation, however, they forbid military-aged men from entering.

"[2] Georgian reconciliation minister Ketevan Tsikhelashvili responded that the irredentist claims of South Ossetia was "deliberate provocation aimed at threatening and blackmailing the society.

[5][6] Afterwards, the Jamestown Foundation reported "evidence increasingly suggests the Moscow-backed separatist regime in South Ossetia is pushing to wholly annex Truso Gorge and the Kazbegi District" citing efforts by Russian and Ossetian border guards to move their border fence several meters at a time deeper into Georgia, as well as aforementioned territorial claims.

[5] During the 2024 Karasin-Abashidze dialogue one of the key topics was to open the way for North Ossetian Assianist pilgrims to visit the gorge during holidays.