100-strong unit of Interior Troops were dispatched on May 11 to Georgia’s southern multi-ethnic district of Tsalka. The move follows clashes between the local ethnic Armenians and Georgians on May 9. Several people were reportedly injured. Ethnic Armenians comprise 57% of population of Tsalka district in Kvemo Kartli region with population around 20,000, according to the Georgian department of statistics. |
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