AZG Armenian Daily #205, 27/10/2006 (2nd Irem)
Someone opens burst of fire on home affairs minister
of Georgia
Recently, in unknown circumstances, someone opened a
burst of fire on Vano Merabishvili, Georgian Interior
Minister, in Kodor gorge, who was then visiting the
region. According to the web site of the Georgian
"Roustavi-2" TV, there had been no victims in the
accident. Merabishvili stated that there had been
three bursts of fire directed to Azhara village. He
informed that the fire was opened from the Abkhazian
side, where Abkhazia’s defence forces are currently
holding military exercises. The Georgian authorities
consider that the case was the provocation carried out
by Abkhazia and Russia. Besides, the case coincided
with the recent online conference of Vladimir Putin.
By Aghavni Harutyunian