RFE/RL: Second Round Of Abkhaz Security Talks Takes Place
posted by circassiankama on August, 2009 as Abkhazia
July 29, 2009
Second Round Of Abkhaz Security Talks Takes Place
Georgian, Abkhaz, Russian, EU, and UN representatives took part in a
meeting on July 28 in the UN Human Rights Office in Abkhazia's
southernmost Gali Raion to discuss the security situation on both sides
of the border between Abkhazia and the rest of Georgia.
Such
regular discussions were envisaged under the agreements signed in
August and September 2008 that ended the five-day war between Russia
and Georgia, but the format and modalities were agreed only at talks in
Geneva last month; the first talks focusing on security issues took
place on July 14.
Prior to the July 28 meeting, Abkhaz Deputy
Foreign Minister Maksim Gvindjia said the Abkhaz side intended to focus
on the disappearance in February 2007 of David Sigua, a Georgian
official from Gali. The Abkhaz are convinced the Georgians abducted and
killed Sigua.
The UN Observer Mission in Georgia conducted an investigation into the circumstances of his disappearance; the findings have not been made public. The Georgian participants at the July 28 talks disclaimed any knowledge of Sigua's fate.
The
Georgian delegation for its part formally protested at the July 28
talks the detention on July 22 by Abkhaz and Russian border guards of
27 people travelling in two buses who sought to cross from Abkhazia
into Georgia proper. The Abkhaz claimed the bus passengers did not have
appropriate documentation, and that they tried to cross the border at a
location where there was no formal border post.
Gvindjia
described the July 28 talks as tense but constructive: agreement was
reportedly reached on setting up a "hot line" to facilitate the
exchange of information on the situation in the border region. The next
round is scheduled for August 11.
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