CoE Secretary General Condemns South Ossetia Polls

Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Terry Davis said the November 12 independence referendum and presidential elections in breakaway South Ossetia were ?unnecessary, unhelpful and unfair.?

?The results will not be recognized by the international community, the vote did nothing to bring forward the search for a peaceful political solution and the circumstances in which it has been carried out, especially the fact that ethnic Georgians were not given the right to vote, makes it irrelevant even as an indicative poll,? the CoE Secretary General said in a statement.

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