PM Putin Meets With Council of Elders in the Republic of Abkhazia
posted by circassiankama on August, 2009 as Abkhazia
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with the Council of Elders in the Republic of Abkhazia
News
Thursday, 13 August 2009 18:10
12 August 2009 - Premier.gov.ru
Transcript of the beginning of the meeting:
Sergei Bagapsh:
Prime Minister Putin, thank you very much on behalf of our elders, the
Council of Elders. You met our Council. They are the leaders of our
regional branches of the Council of Elders.
You
have a good understanding of what the word elder means for any people,
but particularly for Abkhazians and people from the Caucasus. We are
glad that the current Council of Elders includes highly respected
people, all of who have significant life experience, experience earned
in ...
Russian
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lays a wreath at the monument to Abkhaz
fighters who were killed during the war conflict with Georgia in
1992-1993 in the centre of Sukhumi, August 12, 2009. REUTERS/RIA
ovosti/Pool/Alexei NikolskyBy Gleb Bryanski
SUKHUMI (Georgia), Aug 13 (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin pledged half a billion dollars to defend the breakaway
region of Abkhazia on Wednesday during a surprise visit which Georgia
said escalated tensions in the Caucasus.
Putin's tour of the enclave underscores Moscow's increased
foothold in the rebel regions since Russian troops repelled a Georgian
attempt to retake South Ossetia in a five-day war which ended on Aug.
12, 2008.
Tensions have been rising along the de facto borders ...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh addressed a joint news conference
News
Thursday, 13 August 2009 18:17
12 August 2009 - Premier.gov.ru
Transcript of the joint news conference:
Sergei Bagapsh: I
want to express my thanks to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and
other members of the Russian Government for their visit to Abkhazia.
We have discussed a wide range of essential partnership issues at today's restricted and extended attendance meetings.
Mr
Putin's visit attests to the dynamic development of mutually beneficial
Russian-Abkhaz relations. As you already know, we have signed another
pivotal bilateral agreement today. It envisages aid to Abkhazia to
promote its social and economic progress.
Bagapsh does not exclude a repeat of the last August events 7.8.2009
The President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh does not exclude a repeat of the last August events on the Caucasus."I think a repeat of the situation is possible. The events that happen today on the border with Georgia and South Ossetia testify to it", he said today in an interview to the “Vesti” information TV channel. According to him, "while the aggressive regime is in power, it’s difficult to speak about security, that’s why we do our best for the troops and those who work for the defense to be ready for battle".As to the negotiations, according to Bagapsh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia carry them on only thanks to the Medvedev – Sarkozy plan. "This plan is difficult to be overestimated. Fragile peace is still preserved thanks to the signed Medvedev–Sarkozy plan", he stressed."Those negotiations, the ... >>full artcle...
Shamba received the head of the UN Office for Human Rights 7.8.2009
On August 5, 2009 the Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergey Shamba received the head of the United Nations Office for Human Rights in Abkhazia Mr. Richard Komenda. According to Mr. Komenda, it’s his farewell visit to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia as the head of the UN Office for Human Rights in Abkhazia as this Office wraps up its activity in the republic.According to the spokesman for the foreign policy department, at the meeting Mr. Komenda thanked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for support and close cooperation for the Office during its operation in Abkhazia. In turn Sergey Shamba also thanked the United Nations Office for Human Rights for the important work in the difficult postwar years of the Republic’s development. The head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs also ... >>full artcle...
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