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Two EU observers kidnapped in Georgia

Politics Materials 10 February 2009 14:13 (UTC +04:00)

Georgia, Tbilisi, Feb. 10 / Trend , N.Kirtskhalia /

Armed men kidnapped two EU observers in the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict area today, Georgian Interior Ministry representative Shota Utiashvili reported.

The observers were kidnapped near the Adzvi village in Gory while monitoring the area. They were taken to the territory controlled by South Ossetian separatists and Russian troops in Akhalgory.

Utiashvili said the observers were kidnapped by separatists.

It is unclear what countries the observers represented.

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