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Tskhinvali closes so-called border with the rest of Georgia for New Year

The detention of Georgian citizens near the ABL is common, especially in spring and summer when local residents follow their grazing cattle or go to the forest to pick "jonjoli” (a variety of capers), mushrooms or wood.

Agenda.ge, 31 Dec 2016 - 16:09, Tbilisi,Georgia

Relatives living on opposite sides of the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) between Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) and the rest of Georgia will have no chance of celebrating the upcoming New Year together.

De facto authorities of Tskhinvali region decided to close the so-called border on the holidays and not to allow Georgian and Ossetian citizens to visit each other.

All the checkpoints at the ABL have been closed since 7am this morning and will remain closed until 9pm on January 1.

This information was released by so-called "state security committee” of the breakaway region. The agency said these "security measures” were needed on the holidays to "ensure safety”.

De facto Tskinvali closes the ABL and does not allow Georgian citizens to cross it almost every time a major celebration takes place either in Georgia or the breakaway region.

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