page_title: 2012 in Georgia (country)
section_title: March
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 in Georgia (country) / Events / March
caption_attribution_description: English: VAZIANI TRAINING AREA, Georgia -Georgian soldiers from the 4th Infantry Brigade practice marksmanship skills while Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Black Sea Rotational Force act as range coaches during Exercise Agile Spirit on Vaziani Training Area in Georgia., Cpl. Paul D. Zellner II, 3/13/2012 1:12 AM
context_page_description: Events in the year 2012 in Georgia.
context_section_description: March 2 – In response to Georgia's decision to unilaterally abolish visa requirements for Russian citizens, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs says Russia is ready to reciprocate, provided Georgia revises its Law on the Occupied Territories.
  March 3 – Georgia unveils its first domestically manufactured multiple rocket launcher.
  March 4 – A Georgian police check-point at Ganmukhuri near the Abkhazian administrative boundary line comes under fire, with no casualties reported. Georgia blames the attack on the Abkhaz separatist forces, who deny the involvement.
  March 10 – Legislative election is held in breakaway Abkhazia, with race for most seats going into runoff held on March 24. Georgia, the United States and the European Union refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the elections.
  March 10 – March 24 – The Georgian Land Forces and the United States Marines conduct the joint military exercises Agile Spirit–12 on Vaziani Training Area near Tbilisi.
  March 20 – The Parliament of Georgia approves the reshuffled cabinet, with the new Minister of Health, Labour and Social Affairs Zurab Tchiaberashvili.
  March 20 – The opposition politician Irakli Alasania accuses the government of creating "paramilitary groups" of supporters in western Georgia ahead of the scheduled October parliamentary election, a claim dismissed by the authorities as "incomprehensible" and "irresponsible".
caption: The Georgian and United States military holding joint drills Agile Spirit-12 at Tbilisi in March 2012.
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