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27-02-2018

Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Meeting (IPRM) was held in Gali

53rd Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Meeting (IPRM) was held in Gali. During the meeting representatives of the Central Government discussed once again the murder case of Georgian citizen Giga Otkhozoria occurred on May 19, 2016 in village Khurcha, Zugdidi Municipality and stressed the urgency to detain convicted person Rashid Kanji Oghli in a discussion with representatives of occupation forces.

Talks were held on existing problems and challenges in the vicinities of occupation line that imply restriction in freedom of movement for the local population and detentions on charges of crossing of so-called border.

During the meeting, representatives of the de-facto government confirmed the information disseminated in open sources on February 2 that 3000 individuals were detained on charges of crossing of so-called border during 2016, and 1000 individuals in 2017.

Talks were also held on the urgency to release Georgian National Malkhaz Tsurtsumia who was detained on February 22.

Next Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Meeting (IPRM) will be held on March 21, 2018.