Tuesday, 27 August 2002

Sukhumi claims Georgia is preparing for a new attack against Abkhazia

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PRIVATE The statement made by the Foreign Ministry of the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia RIA Novosti received Tuesday says that Abkhazian authorities are appealing to the United Nations Organization and Russia to "undertake necessary measures to bring pressure on Georgia in order to prevent military actions." The document reads that "recently the situation in the Kodori Gorge and the adjacent northern part of Abkhazia has become more tense." According to Sukhumi, "the Georgian authorities' actions give grounds to assume that they are preparing new aggression against Abkhazia.
PRIVATE The statement made by the Foreign Ministry of the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia RIA Novosti received Tuesday says that Abkhazian authorities are appealing to the United Nations Organization and Russia to "undertake necessary measures to bring pressure on Georgia in order to prevent military actions." The document reads that "recently the situation in the Kodori Gorge and the adjacent northern part of Abkhazia has become more tense." According to Sukhumi, "the Georgian authorities' actions give grounds to assume that they are preparing new aggression against Abkhazia." The Foreign Ministry opined that "at the first stage they may engage armed groupings stationed in the Kodori gorge and detachments of international terrorists dispatched from the Pankisi Gorge." (RIA Novosti)
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