Georgian Ministers flee country over prison torture scandal![]() October 7, 2012 - 17:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgia’s Former Interior Minister Bacho Akhalaya, Deputy Defense Minister Daao Akhalaya and Justice Minister Zurab Adeishvili have secretly fled the county, local media reports said on Sunday, October 7. The three men fled more than two weeks after two independent Georgian TV channels aired footage showing inmates abused at a Tbilisi prison, some that immediately provoked a wide public outcry, The Voice of Russia reported. Partner news The international conference, backed by Russia and the U.S., aims to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria. Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post. Alkhatib said Assad should respond within 20 days and that he should then be given a month to dissolve parliament. Bağış said Istanbul’s unique status as a “peaceful coexistence of all cultures and religions” makes it a vital player in the EU. Partner news |