Similar incidents may not take place again, and I think that the issue of Vazha Gaprindashvili will be resolved in the immediate future, Russian diplomat Gregory Karasin told journalists in Prague after the meeting with The Special Representative of the Prime Minister of Georgia for relations with Russia Zurab Abashidze .
"We have focused on difficulties and emerging issues. In the very beginning, Zurab Abashidze raised the issue of Doctor Gaprindashvili. We certainly have been kept posted, and we have kept in touch with both Georgian and Ossetian parties. We do hope that this issue will be resolved in the immediate future. Additionally, we emphasized that steps must be taken within Geneva Discussions and different existing tools. We should force different tools and hotlines to work. Visits paid by Chairpersons of Geneva Discussions in Tbilisi, Sokhumi and Tskhinvali must be used more consistently. In the event that these instruments work, similar dramatic incidents will not take place again," declared Karasin.
The Special Representative of the Prime Minister of Georgia for relations with Russia Zurab Abashidze has met with Russian diplomat Gregory Karasin today, with this being the 23rd meeting within the framework of Prague.
Before the meeting, Mr Abashidze told journalists that they would have discussed the issue of detained Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili. He stressed that the doctor must be released and sent to his family in the shortest possible time.
