The Georgian Foreign Ministry send a note of protest to the Lavrov's Office for the kidnapping of 16 Georgians from the Dusheti region by Russian occupants.
The protest note is passed today to the representative of Russian interests in Georgia to Lorenzo Amberg, Switzerland envoy.
The protest note reads that on October 26 of 2009 in DUsgeti region in the village Germiskhevi, Russian occupational army's border guards kidnapped 16 Georgian citizens. They are accused in the illegal crossing of the so called S. Ossetian borderline. The persons are till now in the illegal detention in the occupied Akhalgori region" so called "Procurator's Office".
The above mentioned fact is estimated by the Georgian side as a next one crime committed by the occupational forces, which is carried out by Russia on the sovereign territory of Georgia.
Georigan Foreign Ministry expresses its strongest protest against the actions of Russian Federation and categorically demands the immediate return of the detained Georgian citizens.
We remind you that Russian occupants detained 16 Georgian citizens on October 25.