Officials visit Tsalka

The Messenger, Georgia
June 30 2005

Head of the parliamentary committee for human rights Elene Tevdoradze
and Deputy Ombudsman Bacho Akhalaya visited Tsalka region in eastern
Georgia on June 29.

Their mission is to study the situation in the region and find
out causes for the confrontation between the local ethnic-Armenian
population and special forces of internal affairs ministry deployed
in Tsalka last May.

The committee plans to hold a special meeting dedicated to the
situation in the region.

“We are not going neglect the problems of Georgian citizens who are
not ethnic Georgians,” Tevdoradze said prior to leaving.

Forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been deployed in the
region since last year due to the conflicts between the rejoins many
ethnic groups.