Interior Minister presented details of Feb.8 incident to foreign diplomats
11.02.13 16:41
Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia Irakli Gharibashvili met with foreign diplomats today to present the video material depicting the work of the police officers and the incidents that occurred by the National Library on February 8th, 2013. Minister presented the video graphic of the scheme how the police had organized two security corridors towards the emergence entrances of the library, adding the members of the National Movement evaded the corridors and clashed with the crowd, which were mostly former political prisoners. Minister also emphasized the fact that the security for president`s visit had to be organized by the State Security Service, which is a subordinate structure to the president, but they did not agree security measures with MIA, neither did they carry out security measures separately. Minister said if this cooperation had taken place, the territory would be secured with security gates, with cooperation between the MIA officers and the state security guards and the incident would be avoided.
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