Tbilisi Calls for Joint Police Force in Gali, Ochamchire
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 7 Jul.'08 / 22:56

The Georgian government has condemned the recent series of explosions in breakaway Abkhazia, including the latest in the Gali district that killed four people.

“Those acts of violence are in the interests of forces hoping to prolong the presence of illegally deployed Russian military forces in Georgia; of forces resisting demilitarization and peace in the region and of those who want to derail Georgia’s European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations,” the Georgian government’s statement released on July 7 reads.

“In order to prevent further escalation in the region, on condition of a withdrawal of the Russian military forces from the Ochamchire and Gali districts, the Georgian government reiterates its readiness to establish there a joint [Georgian-Abkhaz] local police force under international supervision, which will efficiently provide the conditions for the protection of the fundamental rights of Georgian citizens.”

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