Influential lawmaker Givi Targamadze, who chairs the parliamentary committee for defense and security, has stated that order in Kodori will be restored ?soon and effectively.?
?Everybody will see that talk about the strength of our law enforcement agencies is not just empty words,? MP Targamadze told Rustavi 2 television late on July 25.
Authorities say that a ?police operation? is underway in Kodori gorge against the rebel militia group Monadire, led by local warlord Emzar Kvitsiani, who is former governor of the gorge.
Targamadze’s deputy MP Nika Rurua ruled out that the current police operation will grow into ?a large-scale military operation.?
Officials declined to comment about details of the operation and refused to unveil whether or not there have been any casualties.
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