Tuesday, 27 August 2002

Abkhazia opposes withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers

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By empty (8/27/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The Prime Minister of Abkhazia, Anri Dzhergenia, has declared that the position of the Abkhazian leadership on the necessity of the Russian peacekeepers' presence in the Georgian - Abkhazian conflict zone has remained unchanged. Abkhazia is an unrecognised republic on the Black Sea coast which proclaimed its secession from Georgia ten years ago. Abkhazia has always been coming out against the withdrawal of the Russian peacekeepers from the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone, stated the Abkhazian Prime Minister on the phone to RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
The Prime Minister of Abkhazia, Anri Dzhergenia, has declared that the position of the Abkhazian leadership on the necessity of the Russian peacekeepers' presence in the Georgian - Abkhazian conflict zone has remained unchanged. Abkhazia is an unrecognised republic on the Black Sea coast which proclaimed its secession from Georgia ten years ago. Abkhazia has always been coming out against the withdrawal of the Russian peacekeepers from the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone, stated the Abkhazian Prime Minister on the phone to RIA Novosti on Tuesday. According to him, "this position is firm and has nothing to do with how the Georgian parliament will vote." The day before, the Georgian legislators put to vote the question of the country's withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), as well as a complete withdrawal of Russian military bases and peacekeepers from Georgia. That was how the parliamentarians reacted to the bombing raids on the Pankisi Gorge bordering on Chechnya, which had been allegedly carried out by Russian aircraft late last week. Moscow has flatly denied these charges. (RIA-Novosti)
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