EuroNest PA demands immediate release of abducted Georgian doctor
The EuroNest Parliamentary Assembly adopted a special statement regarding an abducted Georgian doctor during its Tbilisi session on December 9. Photo: Witold Waszczykowski.
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The EuroNest Parliamentary Assembly, which is composed of 110 parliamentarians from around the globe, has demanded the immediate release of a well-known Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, abducted by Russian-controlled occupation forces one month ago.
During the session in Tbilisi the EuroNest PA has urged the international community to take all measures for the release of the doctor.
The EuroNest PA has reiterated its support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
In her speech on December 9 Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili urged the EuroNest PA to join Georgia in its efforts to make the Russian-controlled occupation forces release the doctor.
Earlier the same day the family of Gaprindashvili called upon the participants of the Geneva International Discussions to take all measures today to achieve the release of the doctor.
Georgian PM’s Special Representative in Relations with Russia Zurab Abashidze and Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality Ketevan Tsikhelashvili say that the Georgian government has used all levers for the release of the doctor and it has been the top issue raised at all local and international meetings over the past month.
Abashidze has expressed hope that “we will receive a concrete answer on the issue [on when the doctor will be released] during the Geneva International Discussions” on December 10-11.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has urged the participants of the EuroNest Parliamentary Assembly in Tbilisi to help Georgia make Russian-controlled occupation forces release well-known Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili from a month of illegal detention in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region.
The Georgian capital of Tbilisi is hosting the 8th Ordinary Session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (PA) on December 8-10.
Georgians living in Italy gathered in front of the Russian embassy in Rome yesterday, demanding the immediate release of well-known Georgian traumatologist Vazha Gaprindashvili, who was abducted by Russian-controlled occupation forces 21 days ago. The demonstrators held posters in different languages with pictures of the doctor, singing the national anthem of Georgia.
The de facto security committee of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region says that famous Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, who was abducted by occupation forces on November 9, “deliberately crossed the border and the step was well-planned.”The de facto agency reports that during the interrogation Gaprindashvili said that he “deliberately crossed the border as he was going to the church in the village of Monastery.”