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Another IDP rally to be held before Georgian parliament

Politics Materials 2 February 2011 12:47 (UTC +04:00)

Georgia, Tbilisi, Feb.2 / Trend N. Kirtskhalia /

Another IDP protest will be held in front of the Georgian parliament today.

As Co-Chairman of the Civil Movement of IDPs Irakli Tsikolia told journalists, IDPs residing in Tbilisi will permanently hold protests demanding the authorities to put an end to their evictions from their temporary places of residence.

According to Tsikolia, these are warning protests and a large-scale rally will be announced in the near future.

"After the rally on Wednesday, we will take time out and start preparing for large-scale protests," Tsikolia said. According to preliminary data, the rally will take place on Feb. 7.

The Georgian government has said it will solve the housing problem for refugees in 2012.

Military actions were launched in the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia in August 2008. Georgian troops entered Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia and later Russian troops occupied the city and drove the Georgian military back to Georgia. Russia recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia on Aug. 26 and established diplomatic relations with them on Sept. 9, 2008.Georgia's autonomous regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia unilaterally declared independence from Georgia after the August 2008 war. The separatist regions had been supported by Russia, with the country later establishing diplomatic relations with the de facto states despite protests from the West. Venezuela, Nicaragua and Nauru also recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

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