Parliamentary Committees Vote for Peacekeepers’ Withdrawal

On February 13 the Parliamentary Committees on Defense and Security and Foreign Affairs recommended the Parliament to adopt a resolution instructing the government withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping troops from the South Ossetian conflict zone.

Decision was made after State Minister for Conflict Resolution Issues Giorgi Khaindrava, Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili and Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili reported Committees on Defense and Security and Foreign Affairs on February 13 about the situation in the South Ossetian conflict zone and the performance of the Russian peacekeepers.

“In the resolution on peacekeepers, the Parliament, I think, will also instruct the government to submit within a month a detailed plan on peacekeepers’ withdrawal,” Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Security Givi Targamadze told Civil Georgia after the hearings.

Debates on Russian peacekeepers at a parliamentary session are scheduled for January 15.

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