OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President vows support for Georgia in peaceful resolution of crises

Pia Kauma, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, on Thursday said the body supported peaceful resolution of crises on the territory of Georgia.

The visiting official made the comment as she visited the administrative line separating central Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the rest of the country.

[T]he reason for me being here is that I want to see the current situation here with my own eyes and get to know the results of the Russian occupation. I am concerned about the situation”, Kauma said.

Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Georgian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee Chair who accompanied the visiting official, said Kauma had received a “complete picture” of the “dangers” facing the country due to the Russian occupation, and added the conflict was “not frozen”, with citizens “facing everyday problems” in and adjacent to the occupied region.