July 30, 2002 - 23:35 AMT
INTERNAL FORCE UNITS DEPLOYED IN TSALK GEORGIAN REGION POPULATED MAINLY BY ARMENIANS AND GREEKS
Units of the internal forces are deployed in the Georgian region Tsalk populated mainly by Armenians and Greeks. As "A-info" reports, Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze stated that the other day. According to the official version, this measure was conditioned with the need to establish order in view of the coming call-up. According to another version, stated by "Rezonansi" Tbilisi newspaper the other day, the units of the internal forces are to ensure security in the Tsalk region through which the Baku-Tbilisi-Jeyhan oil pipeline is going to be constructed.