Moscow/Agency Caucasus – Russia is at unease about the ‘camp of patriotic youth’ that was set up in May 2007 near the border to Abkhazia by an order from Mikheil Saakashvili, fervently nationalist President of Georgia.
Russia wants to apply to the United Nations (UN) for drafting a check report on the Georgian camp because it has recently become the locus of violations of ceasefire lines. The expression of a growing unease about the Georgian camp located in the Ganmuhuri village of Zugdidi province of Moscow, capital city of Russia, came from Vladislav Chernov, a special official of the Russian Interior Ministry who presided the Russian group at the UN Security Council meetings of consultation over the conflict between Georgia and Abkhazia.
"We are at unease at the way the situation is developing at the Georgian youth camp, just
Ban Ki-Mun, Secretary General of the UN, had urged for the closing down of the Georgian camp after he had submitted last year to the Security Council a report that had said the camp had become a real threat to the regional stability, said Chernov, and added that the camp hosted armed men who had attempted to cross the ceasefire line. Saakashvili, however, claimed that the camp was launched with a view towards conducting cultural activities to strengthen the bond of peace between Georgians and Abkhazians. KU/ÖZ/FT
