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Georgian Reintegration Minister: There is no interest from the side of
Russia in restoration of railway lines through Abkhazia
ARMINFO
Monday, April 8, 16:11
The restoration of the [Abkhazian] railway is just an idea; there are
no negotiations ongoing so far, Georgia's Reintegration Minister Paata
Zakareishvili said in an interview to Commonspace.
"Our interest was actually to find out in how far the Russian
Federation would be ready to discuss this idea, and now we see that
there is no interest from the side of Russia. I have personally been
involved in the processes of conflict resolution for a long time, and
very often other parties have blamed Georgia for not taking steps they
were themselves not ready to implement. I doubt that Russia would be
ready to discuss the railway line because then they would have to
revise their policy of recognition [of the independence of Abkhazia].
Our motivation was to propose this idea in order to move the current
situation from deadlock but Russia lacks interest," Zakareishvili
said.
He said that there have been two meetings so far between Russian
Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin and Special Representative of
the Georgian Prime Minister for bilateral relations with Russia Zurab
Abashidze and this topic has never been brought up.
Russia in restoration of railway lines through Abkhazia
ARMINFO
Monday, April 8, 16:11
The restoration of the [Abkhazian] railway is just an idea; there are
no negotiations ongoing so far, Georgia's Reintegration Minister Paata
Zakareishvili said in an interview to Commonspace.
"Our interest was actually to find out in how far the Russian
Federation would be ready to discuss this idea, and now we see that
there is no interest from the side of Russia. I have personally been
involved in the processes of conflict resolution for a long time, and
very often other parties have blamed Georgia for not taking steps they
were themselves not ready to implement. I doubt that Russia would be
ready to discuss the railway line because then they would have to
revise their policy of recognition [of the independence of Abkhazia].
Our motivation was to propose this idea in order to move the current
situation from deadlock but Russia lacks interest," Zakareishvili
said.
He said that there have been two meetings so far between Russian
Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin and Special Representative of
the Georgian Prime Minister for bilateral relations with Russia Zurab
Abashidze and this topic has never been brought up.