Latvian youth for Georgian peace

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

The aim of the campaign invites all parties to reduce the tension, underscoring that peaceful solution to the conflict is the only correct alternative and urging the international community to take stricter measures to ensure that all involved parties observe the international rights.

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

The tension in relations between Moscow and Georgia increased recently, as Russiaannounced that it would develop closer ties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia and stationed additional military units in Abkhazia. Russian forces in Abkhazia have a status of peacekeeping forces.