Georgia Not Going to Conduct Military Operations in Kodori

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hopes that the international community will with understanding react to the measures undertaken for introducing order in the Kodori canyon, says the statement issued by the Georgian Foreign Ministry.



"Taking into account the complicated situation in the Kodori canyon, the Georgian MFA underscores that the government should first of all protect the interests of the residents of the Kodori canyon… The Georgian authorities exclude any possibility of conducting a military operation on the territory and call upon the local inhabitants to obey the law," the statement says.



"The Georgian government also rules out any spreading of the police operation onto the territory de facto controlled by Abkhazia… Presently the Georgian Foreign Ministry holds consultations on the situation with the representatives of the U.N. and other concerned organizations, reported Novosti Georgia.



In should be noted that commander of Georgian military unit of Monadire (Hunter) Emzar Kvitsiani proclaimed insubordination to the Georgian parliament, since Georgian Defense Minister Urakli Okruashvili plans to take the Kodori canyon by storm. Kvitsiani sent his message to the Abkhazian government as well. To remind, Kvitsiani was Eduard Shevardadze's plenipotentiary for the region in 1999-2004.