Commission for responding to needs of residents of villages surrounding breakaway regions created in Georgia

Georgia, Tbilisi, October 3/Trend N.Kirtzkhalia/ A special commission created by the Georgian government for responding to the needs of residents of villages surrounding the breakaway regions starts its work. The representatives of several agencies will participate in the commission's work. The Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure and the Office of the State Minister for Reintegration will manage the commission's activity. "At the governmental meeting it was decided to create a commission which will study the concrete needs of population living at the dividing line and will work on the ways of the relevant responding. One of the stages of the research of needs was carried out by an interagency working group set up by the government's decision on May 30, and the certain data is already available," State Minister for Reintegration Paata Zakareishvili said. According to him, the analysis of this data showed that it is necessary to create a temporary special commission. The issues of establishing water supply, rehabilitation of intra-rural roads and other issues will be settled within the commission's work. Large scale military action was launched in South Ossetia on August 8, 2008. Later, Russian troops occupied Tskhinvali and expelled the Georgian military. Russia recognised the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in late August. In response, Tbilisi ended diplomatic relations with Moscow and has called the two unrecognised republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia occupied territories. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az