NATO EMERGENCY TALKS HELD ON CRISIS IN GEORGIA

 

The NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Mr. Robert Simmons visited Georgia between 20 and 23 August. The visit followed the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Brussels on 19 August, which met to discuss the crisis in Georgia.

During his visit, Mr Simmons met with senior Georgian Government and Parliamentary representatives, including the Prime Minister, Foreign and Defence Ministers, and the Chairman of the Parliament. He also took the opportunity to visit a centre for Internally Displaced Persons on the outskirts of Tbilisi to hear the experiences of some of those people most affected by the recent conflict.