Saakashvili Says Shevardnadze Plays Dangerous Games in Kodori

(Tbilisi, Civil Georgia, August 14, 2002) – Leader of the National Movement MP Mikheil Saakashvili claims that the recent aggravation of situation in Kodori gorge is “a simulation, organized by the Georgian government to distract the population’s attention from the internal political crisis.”

“The same happened last October, when the Chechen fighters from Pankisi were transported with the vehicles of the Georgian Interior Ministry to Kodori gorge, where they launched attacks against the Abkhaz fighters. This is very dangerous games that might lead to the total disaster for the Georgian state,” Saakashvili said in the interview to the Rustavi 2 TV channel.