BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

17/03/2006

Georgia Demands Immediate Release of MPs Held in Belarus

/ Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 2006-03-17 16:47:50

Georgian President's spokesman Gela Charkviani said on March 17 that the Belarus authorities should follow their international commitment and let Georgian parliamentarians to monitor March 19 presidential polls.

A group of at least seven Georgian parliamentarians who arrived in Minsk on March 16 to monitor March 19 presidential election under the aegis of the OSCE election observer mission are reportedly still held in the Minks airport for unknown reasons.

"If the Belarus authorities fail to secure their participation in the election monitoring mission, then they should ensure secured return of these people [MPs] back to Georgia," Gela Charkviani said at a news conference on March 17.

Source:

http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=12100

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