7/7/2007 President of Abkhazia blames Georgia for escalating the conflict
Today, President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh has met Ivo Petrov, deputy special representative of the UN Secretary General in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone, and chief military observer of the UN Mission General Khan-Khattak. Alkhas Cholokua, deputy head of the Department of Governmental Information, told about it to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
Sergey Bagapsh has expressed his serious concern in connection with the aggravation of the situation in the Galskiy District of Abkhazia, bordering on Georgia, where two peaceful residents were murdered. On the same day, in neutral waters, a Georgian military ship captured and towed a Turkish trade ship to the Poti Georgian port, which transported coal. Sergey Bagapsh in connection with these incidents has declared protest ... >>full artcle...
Abkhazian Library revives from its ashes Istanbul/Agency Caucasus – Considered the greatest treasury of the Abkhazian history, the National Library is trying hard to survive with some books that have remained since the one-year period of warfare between 1992 and 1993 when the Georgian occupation set the library fire on.
Officials of the Abkhazian National Library are appealing to Diaspora for help with efforts to restore this historic treasury of books, where as many as 400,000 historical books were burnt and only some 300,000 books were saved.
Boris Cholaria, the Abkhazian National Library Director, issued a call for help from Diaspora to supply essential computer equipment for use in classifying books.
It was Hayri Ersoy who brought a letter from Cholaria that said both the Abkhazian House of Culture ... >>full artcle...
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