Sergei Bagapsh, president of the breakaway province of Abkhazia, said he wants Russian servicemen to continue their peacekeeping mission in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone. \"Statements about the need to replace Russia\'s peacekeeping forces in the conflict zone can be heard today. But our opinion is that the Russian peacekeepers bore a heavy burden in sustaining peace during the most difficult period. And it is they who should continue to perform the peacekeeping duties in the area,\" Bagapsh told a news conference after talks with UN Undersecretary General for Peacekeeping Jean-Marie Guehenno in Sukhumi on Wednesday. (Interfax)