Latvian youth for Georgian peace

RIGA- A campaign Peace in United Georgia withparticipation of youths from Latvia isto be held at the Georgian-Abkhazian administrative border on May 5.
Theorganizers of the event, the Latvian Transatlantic Organization, said that thecampaign is being organized in cooperation with a Georgian NGO in reaction torecent events in the region.

The aim of the campaign invites all parties toreduce the tension, underscoring that peaceful solution to the conflict is theonly correct alternative and urging the international community to takestricter measures to ensure that all involved parties observe the internationalrights.

During the event, the youths from Latviaand Georgia will release 2008 red, green and white balloons into the air.

Thetension in relations between Moscow and Georgia increased recently, as Russiaannounced that it would develop closer ties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia and stationedadditional military units in Abkhazia. Russian forces in Abkhazia have a statusof peacekeeping forces.