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On
Tuesday, chairman of
the Georgian parliament, Zurab Zhvania
sent the letter to the chairman of the State Duma of Russia, Gennady Seleznev
and to the leaders of the corresponding committees, in which he declares, that
the events in Kodori Gorge «destroyed» the hope for settling of
Russian-Georgia relations, which appeared in the Georgian community after the
recent visit to Moscow by delegation of the highest legislative organ of Georgia.
Zurab
Zhvania calls Russian associates to begin to operate all available levers at
their disposal for the purpose of the primitive prevention of the escalation of
events and to prove the effectiveness of inter-parliamentary diplomacy. At dawn
on Monday, the aircraft Su-25 violated airspace of Georgia and made bombardment
in the vicinities of the Georgian villages of Adzgara and Ptishi in Kodori Gorge.
According to the information of the ministry of defense of Georgia, the aircraft
appeared from the direction of Russia. Marukh crossing and its adjacent
territory were subjected to bombardment on 28 October with six combat
helicopters Mi-24 and four attack aircraft.
Meanwhile
Sukhumi, after repeated refutations about its participation to the bombardments
on Kodori Gorge unexpectedly recognized itself as responsible for bombardment of
the Georgian villages of Upper Kodori Gorge on Sunday and Abkhazian aviation
bombed Monday, while attempting from air to liquidate the group of Chechen
commander Ruslan Gelayev, representatives of official Sukhumi assert. Meanwhile
as Georgian side notes, in the data of Abkhazian sources, there is confusion in
the designation of precise places, which were targeted to the bomb attacks.
Georgian side expresses distrust to similar claims and charges Russian
servicemen of the bombardment Of the Kodori Gorge.
Head
of security service of Abkhazia, Raoult Khadzhimba stated on the telephone to
agency Prime-News that Abkhazian aviation «successfully completed three-day
operation against the group of Ruslan Gelayev in that controlled by Sukhumi
government of the upper part of the Gulripsh district». Khadzhimba did not
elaborate, what information is available to Abkhazian side about the present
location of Ruslan Gelayev and his group. It is known only that the group of
Gelayev sustained «serious losses», claims Ratsl Khadzhimba. Chief of General
Staff of the Abkhazian armed forces, Vladimir Arshb, stated the same. In this
case, Arshba calls the targeted place of rocket- bomb attacks as the territory
Of Svanety, which is controlled by Georgian authorities.
Chairman
of the acting in Tbilisi «Supreme council of Abkhazian autonomous republic»,
Tamaz Nadareishvili did not confirm information about the fact that Abkhazian
aviation in the recent three days carried out any operations. According to him,
Abkhazian side simply attempts to take upon itself responsibility for the
bombardments of Georgian territory with Russian aviation.
«Russia
attempts to prove its non-participation in these bombardments and forces Sukhumi
to take responsibility for this by representatives of Sukhumi authorities»,
said Tamaz Nadareishvili. He claims that there are only two attack aircraft
Su-25, six transport helicopters Mi-6, five aircraft L -39 of the Czech
production in arsenal of Abkhazian army and there is not even one combat
helicopter Mi-24, which participated in the bombardments.
Whatever
alleged representatives of Sukhumi authorities, Georgian side accurately fixed
that the territory of the Georgia was bombed by four Su-25 and six Mi-24, that
entered airspace of Georgia from the direction of Russia and, after making
bombardment, these flew back in the direction Of Karachay-Cherkessia, declares
Tamaz Nadareishvili.
President
of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze in the traditional radio-interview on Monday
actually accused Russia for the bombardments of Georgian territory. According to
him, the aircraft and the helicopters, which participated in these air strikes,
entered airspace of Georgia from the Russian side.
Against
this background, Georgian parliamentary fraction "Traditsionalist"
begins consultations with all factions of the highest legislative organ
regarding the exit of Georgia from CIS as was stated at the press conference in
Tbilisi by the leader of traditionalists, Akaki Asatiani, about the results of
consultations will become known at the end of the week. According to him, in the
course of discussion of the question about the exit of the country from CIS will
be clarified all doubts in connection with the fact, that who is opposition in
the parliament. He considers that the position of fraction «New right» will
solve the view on this problem of the President of the country, Eduard
Shevardnadze, and the exit of Georgia from CIS will support fraction «XXI
century» and part of «Union of citizens».
Chairman of Supreme Soviet of the Adzhar autonomous republic, Aslan Abashidze
considers the exit of Georgia from CIS as inadvisable, noted Akaki Asatiani.
Georgia became member of CIS in 1993.
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