Tbilisi Claims Sukhumi Harbors Terrorists

(Tbilisi, July 31, 2003, Civil Georgia) – Georgia’s representative to the UN Revaz Adamia said in his speech to the UN Security Council session on July 30 “Abkhaz separatist regime has already established itself as a safe haven for the criminals and terrorists.”

“At least two of them, Gitsba and Tokjan – terrorists who have participated in the hijacking of the vessel Avrasia, still remain in Abkhazia, beyond the reach of justice,” Revaz Adamia added.

An armed group of ethnic Turkish and Chechens seized !
the Avrasia passenger ferry on the Black Sea in 1996, demanding withdrawal of the Russian troops from Chechnya.

The UN Security Council discussed on July 30 beyond the closed doors situation in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia.

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