(Tbilisi, September 4, 2002, Civil Georgia) – Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Security and Defense visited Pankisi gorge on September 4 and discussed the issue of the on-going anti-criminal operation in the gorge and its funding.
MPs led by the Committee Chairman Irakli Batiashvili inspected check points of the Georgian Internal Troops deployed in Pankisi gorge.
Parliamentary Committee members met the leadership of the Internal Troops in the gorge and the local population of Pankisi.