CoE Human Rights Chief Visits Tskhinvali

Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe (CoE) human rights commissioner, who arrived in Tbilisi late on December 16, left for Tskhinvali as part of his efforts to secure release of two Georgian minors from the village of Tirdznisi remaining held in Tskhinvali.

As a result of Thomas Hammarberg’s mediation Tskhinvali released earlier this month two out of four Georgian teenagers and committed “to pardon” and release two others by the morning of December 13.

South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity said on December 16 that although “certain agreements” were reached with international mediators on the release of teenagers, “the situation became complicated” because of the Georgian leadership’s rhetoric on the matter.

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