RIA Novosti, Russia
March 22 2004

RUSSIAN, BELARUSSIAN MPS TO MONITOR ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA

MOSCOW, March 22, 2004. (RIA Novosti). Russian and Belarussian MPs
will observe the parliamentary elections in Georgia on March 28,
executive secretary of the Parliamentary Assembly of Russia-Belarus
Union Vladimir Aksenov told journalists on Monday.

According to him, delegations of the Parliamentary Assembly used to
observe presidential and parliamentary elections in Yugoslavia,
Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia.

MPs successfully cooperated with observers from the CIS, OSCE, PACE
and the Council of Europe, Mr. Aksenov noted.

In his words, the results of the parliamentary elections in Georgia
held on November 2, 2003 were acknowledged invalid.