SPECIAL DETACHMENT OF MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SET IN TSALKA REGION

AKHALKALAK, APRIL 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The Ministry of Internal Affairs
of Georgia set a special detachment in Tsalka because of conflicts
between Greeks and Adzharians on the one hand and Svans and Adzharians
on the other hand. The conflcits became frequent recently. According to
the A-Info agency, the main task of the detachment will be to provide
public order and population’s security in the region. According to Hayk
Melkonian, a Deputy of Georgian parliament from Tsalka region elected
by the majoritarian system, the instability in the region, as well as
placing of the special detachment are the result of the feebleness of
Mikhail Tskitishvili, acting head of the region. During the first 3
months of 2005 numerous cases of Greek-Adzharian, Greek-Svan conflicts
were fixed in the Tsalka region, during which 1 case of murder was
also registered.