Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08TBILISI1065
2008-06-20 13:08:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tbilisi
Cable title:
GEORGIANS RELEASE PEACEKEEPERS' TRUCK, KEEP
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UNCLAS TBILISI 001065
SIPDIS
DEPT. FOR EUR/CARC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV GG
SUBJECT: GEORGIANS RELEASE PEACEKEEPERS' TRUCK, KEEP
AMMUNITION
REF: TBILISI 1031
UNCLAS TBILISI 001065
SIPDIS
DEPT. FOR EUR/CARC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV GG
SUBJECT: GEORGIANS RELEASE PEACEKEEPERS' TRUCK, KEEP
AMMUNITION
REF: TBILISI 1031
1. The Georgian Ministry of Interior announced on June 19
that it had released the CIS PKF ammunition truck that was
detained on June 17 (reftel) for unauthorized ammunition
transfer through the Georgian side of the conflict zone.
Deputy Minister of Interior Shota Utiashvili said that the
Ministry of Interior would keep the 20 anti-tank missiles
seized from the truck until an investigation is completed.
Utiashvili did not specify when the missiles would be
released. Georgian media also reported on June 19 two blasts
along a section of the Abkhaz railway outside of Sukhumi.
The blasts occurred approximately nine kilometers north of
the section where the recently introduced Russian railway
troops are conducting repairs to the line. No injuries and
only minor damage to the line were reported, though Abkhaz
officials were quick to call the bombing a "terrorist act"
directed against the Russian railway troops.
2. On June 20, Georgian media reported that the CIS
peacekeepers were establishing a checkpoint north of
Ochimchire, inside the restricted weapons zone. Media
analysts speculated that the new base would facilitate
peacekeeper movement into the Georgian-controlled portion of
the Kodori gorge. The United Nations Observer Mission to
Georgia (UNOMIG) confirmed that a small detachment of the
newly-installed paratrooper battalion had set up a checkpoint
in the village of Agu-Bedia, which is north of Ochimchire,
but still within the restricted weapons zone (and within the
CIS peacekeeper's mandate). UNOMIG indicated, however, that
this small force - 10 peacekeepers, 2 BTR armored personnel
carriers, and 1 truck - had actually redeployed from
Akarmara, a village north of Tkvarcheli and much closer to
Kodori than Agu-Bedia. A UNOMIG patrol first observed the
checkpoint in Agu-Bedia on June 12 during a routine patrol
and reportedly encountered some hostility from the local
Abkhaz, who demanded the patrol immediately withdraw.
TEFFT
SIPDIS
DEPT. FOR EUR/CARC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV GG
SUBJECT: GEORGIANS RELEASE PEACEKEEPERS' TRUCK, KEEP
AMMUNITION
REF: TBILISI 1031
1. The Georgian Ministry of Interior announced on June 19
that it had released the CIS PKF ammunition truck that was
detained on June 17 (reftel) for unauthorized ammunition
transfer through the Georgian side of the conflict zone.
Deputy Minister of Interior Shota Utiashvili said that the
Ministry of Interior would keep the 20 anti-tank missiles
seized from the truck until an investigation is completed.
Utiashvili did not specify when the missiles would be
released. Georgian media also reported on June 19 two blasts
along a section of the Abkhaz railway outside of Sukhumi.
The blasts occurred approximately nine kilometers north of
the section where the recently introduced Russian railway
troops are conducting repairs to the line. No injuries and
only minor damage to the line were reported, though Abkhaz
officials were quick to call the bombing a "terrorist act"
directed against the Russian railway troops.
2. On June 20, Georgian media reported that the CIS
peacekeepers were establishing a checkpoint north of
Ochimchire, inside the restricted weapons zone. Media
analysts speculated that the new base would facilitate
peacekeeper movement into the Georgian-controlled portion of
the Kodori gorge. The United Nations Observer Mission to
Georgia (UNOMIG) confirmed that a small detachment of the
newly-installed paratrooper battalion had set up a checkpoint
in the village of Agu-Bedia, which is north of Ochimchire,
but still within the restricted weapons zone (and within the
CIS peacekeeper's mandate). UNOMIG indicated, however, that
this small force - 10 peacekeepers, 2 BTR armored personnel
carriers, and 1 truck - had actually redeployed from
Akarmara, a village north of Tkvarcheli and much closer to
Kodori than Agu-Bedia. A UNOMIG patrol first observed the
checkpoint in Agu-Bedia on June 12 during a routine patrol
and reportedly encountered some hostility from the local
Abkhaz, who demanded the patrol immediately withdraw.
TEFFT