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Monday, 03 May 2004

AJARIA ORDERS REBUILDING BRIDE ON BORDER WITH GEORGIA

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By empty (5/3/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The authorities of Georgia\'s Ajaria region on Monday ordered the rebuilding of one of the bridges on the Georgian-Ajarian border that Ajaria blew up on Sunday. A team of carpenters will finish the pedestrian bridge across the Choloki river by Tuesday morning, the Ajarian Interior Ministry told Interfax. \"There\'s nothing difficult about restoring the bridges that have been blown up, but blowing them up averted provocation and loss of life,\" Ajarian Interior Minister Jemal Gogitidze told reporters on Monday.
The authorities of Georgia\'s Ajaria region on Monday ordered the rebuilding of one of the bridges on the Georgian-Ajarian border that Ajaria blew up on Sunday. A team of carpenters will finish the pedestrian bridge across the Choloki river by Tuesday morning, the Ajarian Interior Ministry told Interfax. \"There\'s nothing difficult about restoring the bridges that have been blown up, but blowing them up averted provocation and loss of life,\" Ajarian Interior Minister Jemal Gogitidze told reporters on Monday. On Sunday, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili gave Ajaria ten days \"to return to the Georgian constitutional space\" and begin disarming armed groups declared illegal by Georgia. He threatened to disband the Ajarian authorities if the demands were not met. \"This is the tenth time President Saakashvili has given such ultimatums to Ajaria,\" Gogitidze said. \"[Ajarian leader] Aslan Abashidze has taken steps toward a compromise, but each concession is followed by new demands from Tbilisi. This is unacceptable not only to us but to the whole of Georgia.\" (Interfax)
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