Georgian Parliament Demands Russian Peacekeepers’ Pullout from South Ossetia

In the wake of attack on the Georgian Prime Minister’s convoy in breakaway South Ossetia, Georgian Parliament passed a statement on August 13 demanding pullout of the Russian peacekeepers from the conflict zone.

In the strong-worded statement the Parliament demanded suspension of Russia’s peacekeepers’ mandate, or their replacement by international peacekeeping troops.   

“It is alarming, when everything occurs in the conflict area through direct support of the Russian peacekeeping forces deployed there. Hence, the Parliament of Georgia has all the grounds to consider the Russian Federation as one of the sides involved in the conflict,” the statement reads.

Today the Parliament also condemned the incident which occurred in breakaway South Ossetia, when the convoy of Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania came under fire on the road between the Georgian villages of Eredvi and Achabeti in the conflict zone.

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