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EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE SAYS GEORGIA MUST RECOGNIZE ABKHAZIA'S INDEPENDENCE
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 28, 2011
PanARMENIAN.Net - Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze
said it would be "wise" for Georgia to recognize Abkhazia as an
independent country.
"It's clear Abkhazia can't be a normal region of Georgia any longer,"
Shevardnadze said in an interview published in the Asaval-Dasavali
newspaper. Recognizing the region would improve relations between
Georgians and Abkhazians, he added, the newspaper said.
Shevardnadze was responding to comments by Mamuka Areshidze, an
analyst at the Caucasus Strategic Research Center, who said two weeks
ago that Georgia should consider recognizing Akhazia's independence,
Asaval-Dasavali reported.
Abkhazia and South Ossetia, declared independence after a five-day war
between Russia and Georgia in August 2008. Only Russia, Nicaragua,
Venezuela and the South Pacific nation of Nauru recognize their
independence. Georgia maintains Russia occupied the two regions after
the conflict, Bloomberg reported.
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 28, 2011
PanARMENIAN.Net - Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze
said it would be "wise" for Georgia to recognize Abkhazia as an
independent country.
"It's clear Abkhazia can't be a normal region of Georgia any longer,"
Shevardnadze said in an interview published in the Asaval-Dasavali
newspaper. Recognizing the region would improve relations between
Georgians and Abkhazians, he added, the newspaper said.
Shevardnadze was responding to comments by Mamuka Areshidze, an
analyst at the Caucasus Strategic Research Center, who said two weeks
ago that Georgia should consider recognizing Akhazia's independence,
Asaval-Dasavali reported.
Abkhazia and South Ossetia, declared independence after a five-day war
between Russia and Georgia in August 2008. Only Russia, Nicaragua,
Venezuela and the South Pacific nation of Nauru recognize their
independence. Georgia maintains Russia occupied the two regions after
the conflict, Bloomberg reported.