Ajaria leader orders general mobilization

BATUMI, Georgia. April 27 (Interfax-AVN) - The leader of Georgia's Ajaria region, Aslan Abashidze, on Tuesday ordered general mobilization of reservists after an escalation in the confrontation between Ajaria and Georgia.

Mobilization stations are to be set up throughout Ajaria under a decree by Abashidze, and Ajarian Prime Minister Rostom Japaridze will be entrusted with carrying out the orders, Ajarian television said.