By empty (8/17/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Sergei Bagapsh of the self- proclaimed republic of Abkhazia has urged Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to recognize Abkhazia\'s independence. \"Saakashvili has the reputation of a great democrat in the West and has chances to make history by recognizing Abkhazia\'s independence,\" Bagapsh said at a press conference at the Interfax main office on Wednesday. (Interfax).The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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