From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/6/2006 2:18 PM GEORGIAN, ABKHAZ DELEGATIONS MEET UNDER UN AEGIS 07.02.2006 - 00:50:16
In a 20 January letter to the UN Security Council, Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh affirmed his willingness to discuss any issues except that of Abkhazia's status...
The so called Friends of the UN Secretary-General (France, Germany, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States) mediated talks in Geneva on 2-3 February 2006 between Georgian and Abkhaz government delegations.
The UN representatives impressed on the two conflict sides "the urgent need for tangible results" in the peace process.
They also affirmed that in addition to continuing work on confidence-building measures, including finalizing a formal document on the nonresumption of hostilities and creating conditions for the return to Abkhazia of Georgian displaced persons, the two sides should also address "core political issues of the conflict," meaning Abkhazia's status.
In a 20 January letter to the UN Security Council, Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh affirmed his willingness to discuss any issues except that of Abkhazia's status.
The head of the Georgian delegation to the Geneva talks, Conflict Resolution Minister Giorgi Khaindrava stated that Tiflis will sign an agreement on nonresumption of hostilities only after it receives guarantees from Sukhum that the Georgian displaced persons can return safely to their homes.
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