Tbilisi Wants Moscow to Explain Incident in Abkhaz Conflict Zone

Georgian Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili said at a news briefing on March 22 that the Georgian side has already demanded official explanations from Moscow regarding an incident which occurred in the Georgian village of Ganmukhuri, in the Abkhaz conflict zone, which involved Russian peacekeepers.
 
Tensions broke out in the conflict zone after some 40 Russian peacekeepers, backed by seven infantry combat vehicles, entered the village of Ganmukhuri earlier on March 22 and demanded that the Georgian Interior Ministry?s troops stationed there surrender their arms.
 
Vano Merabishvili said that the incident is over now and that the Russian servicemen have already pulled out from the Georgian village. However, the Interior Minister also said that the Georgian side demands explanations for these ?unordinary steps? by the Russian peacekeepers, ?whose duties include implementation of peacekeeping operations and the protection of the local population.?

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