OSCE
Parliamentary Assembly has adopted resolution on Georgia by majority vote,
which states that the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are occupied
territories.
According
to the Polish Deputy Mikheil Sherba, author of the resolution, it is a
historical moment for the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, as in the document
adopted by it Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions are mentioned as the occupied
territories of Georgia for the first time.
In the
resolution, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly also calls on Russia to allow
international monitors to occupied territories and ensure the safe and
dignified return of refugees.
The
document adopted today also focuses on the upcoming parliamentary elections in
Georgia. In this regard the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly sends its observers to
Georgia.
In the
end of the session in Monaco, Riccardo
Migliori, a member of Italy's Chamber of Deputies, was elected as the new
chairman of Parliamentary Assembly. Members also elected five vice-presidents
to fill vacancies or expired terms, one of them became George Tsereteli, head
of Georgian delegation.
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