Java (Ossetic: Дзау, Dzau; Georgian: ჯავა) is a town in South Ossetia, de facto independent republic, which is internationally recognised as being a part of Georgia. According to Georgia's current official administrative division, Java is a main town of Java district in the north of Shida Kartli region. The town is situated on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus, within the Greater Liakhvi Gorge, 1040 m. above the sea level. Java is the second largest, after Tskhinvali, urban settlement in South Ossetia. It is located outside the officially recognized and OSCE-monitored boundaries of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone – an area within a 15-km radius of Tskhinvali. Georgia accuses Russian military of building a large military base there. These concerns were brought by the President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, to the attention of the U.N. General Assembly on September 26, 2007.[1]
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- ^ Saakashvili Attacks Russia in UN Speech. Civil Georgia. September 26, 2007.
