In a few minutes Georgian president Mikheil Saakahsvili will arrive in Lopota valley. 

President’s escort is moving in direction of the village Laphankhuri. 

According to the statement of the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Shota Khizanishvili, operation currently undergoing in Lopota valley could not be completed due to fog appeared yesterday, but today, the main phase is completed. 

As Khizanishvili said on a special briefing held today, 11 bodies of 12 armed men were already found and their funerals will take place in accordance with their religious beliefs. 

At the Dagestan section, near the Georgian-Russian state border, anti-terrorist operation against the armed group is in progress already for the third day.

While conducting persecution operation against the armed subversive group, three officers of the MIA Special Force Unit were killed and five officers were wounded.

Eleven members of the armed subversive group were liquidated and the operation of persecution is currently underway to detain six members of the armed group.
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