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March 24, 2006 Friday 03:40 AM EST

Georgia pres orders to set up border demarcation com

TBILISI

President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia has ordered to create a
state commission on issues of delimitation and demarcation of the
borders with Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

An appropriate decree of the Georgian head of state was made public
on the official presidential site on Friday.

In accordance with the document, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister
Georgy Mandzhgaladze, who is given the right to form the commission
and groups of experts to hold talks with Russia, Armenia and
Azerbaijan on the given issues, was appointed the head of the state
commission.

The state commission, in particular, is entrusted with “the holding
of works on delimitation and demarcation of Georgia’s borders with
Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as the process of
delimitation on the Black Sea of the territorial sea between Georgia
and Russia, in the special economic zone and the continental shelf.”

The state commission “is bound to preliminarily coordinate issues of
principle and present regular reports on its work to the Georgian
Foreign Ministry, and if necessary, to the president, security
council, parliament and government of the country,” the decree
notes.