The Georgian parliament has adopted resolutions on setting up a state commission for the assessment of Georgian damages resultant from the Abkhaz and South Ossetian conflicts and announcing an international tender for a legal company to represent Georgia in the European Court of Human Rights in the damages case. Head of the parliamentary commission for reconstruction of the Georgian territorial integrity Shota Malashkhiya presented the draft resolutions at the parliamentary session on Thursday. The resolutions were adopted unanimously. “A lawsuit concerning conflict damages on Georgia will be filed against Russia and Russian companies, which have been acting on territories beyond the Georgian control since the 1990s,” he said. “The country that actually controls these territories, Russia, shall bear the responsibility.” The damages are preliminary estimated at $15 billion. Malashkhiya said they had taken into consideration the experience of Baltic countries, including Latvia. “Latvia has set up a state commission estimating damages entailed by the Soviet occupation,” he said. (Itar-Tass)