PanARMENIAN.Net - The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office has completed the investigation into the high-profile Georgia-Azerbaijan border case and now the process will continue in the court, Agenda.ge reports.
Part of the famous complex of David Gareja is located on the Azerbaijan–Georgia border and has become subject to a border dispute between the two countries.
The Prosecutor’s Office has released surveillance footage and said that one of the detainees in the case, Iveri Melashvili, was forced to sign a border agreement in 2006 under the previous United National Movement government, which led to the forfeit of 3,500 hectares of lands against Georgia’s interests.
The Prosecutor’s Office said that Melashvili, who chaired the Georgian commission working on the demarcation of state borders under the UNM leadership, acted per the demands of his superiors.
The Prosecutor’s Office said that the video was recorded in the working room of Melashvili before his detention last year, per the court’s consent. In the video recording, Melashvili confirmed that Georgia had changed its initial position on the border with Azerbaijan at the bottom of the Udabno Monastery of David Gareji monastery complex in 2006.
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