Georgian authorities express protest against military exercises, underway in Abkhazia

TBILISI, March 17 –Georgian authorities express protest against military exercises, underway in Abkhazia on March 17-18, Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Temuri Yakobashvili told reporters on Tuesday. “The presence of Abkhazian armed forces of such a high numerical strength in the administrative border area is alarming,” he said. 

According to Yakobashvili, his Ministry “will inform international organisations about the exercises.”

Abkhazian mass media have reported the republic’s Armed Forces are holding command-and-staff mobilization exercises on March 17-18.