Agency Caucasus: EU Tries To Help Solve Trouble Between Abkhazia And Georgia
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posted by FerrasB on December, 2007 as Abkhazia
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/10/2007 3:26 AM
EU tries to help solve trouble between Abkhazia and Georgia Sukhum/Agency Caucasus - The European Council came up with a decision as part of a European Union (EU) program in support of its neighbors to aid the residents of the conflict area between Georgia and Abkhazia.
The European Council as the legislative body of EU allocated €2mn in social aid to the local residents, reporters said. This funding will be available for re-construction work, for Georgian refugees who returned to Abkhazia and for the local people on low income.
A group of EU officials took a trip on December 8 to Abkhazia to discuss with Abkhazia's Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba aid projects, possible solutions to trouble between Georgia and Abkhazia, and EU's participation in all these. KU/RİA/ÖZ/FT
08/12/2007 http://www.ajanskafkas.com/haber,17662,detay.htm
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Agency Caucasus: Moscow Mayor Plans To Build Holiday Resorts In Abkhazia
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posted by FerrasB on as Abkhazia
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/10/2007 3:33 AM
Moscow Mayor plans to build holiday resorts in Abkhazia Moscow/Agency Caucasus - Known for political siding with the administration of Abkhazia, Mayor Yuri Lujkov of Moscow, capital of Russia, has plans to build holiday resorts in Abkhazia.
Lujkov said that he and his team had plans to build both holiday resorts and sanatoriums in foreign countries like Abkhazia and Jordan. "We are having continuous negotiations with officials of both Jordan and Abkhazia where we are thinking of building holiday resorts and sanatoriums." The Moscow Municipality already has some properties like sanatoriums and chemical plants in Abkhazia. ABKHZ/ÖZ/FT 08/12/2007 http://www.ajanskafkas.com/haber,17665,detay.htm
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Agency Caucasus: Bagapsh Accuses Georgia Of Stalling Talks
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posted by FerrasB on as Abkhazia
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/7/2007 4:29 AM Bagapsh accuses Georgia of stalling talks Sukhum/Agency Caucasus - Abkhazia's President Sergei Bagapsh harshly accused the Georgian administration of leading to the cessation of negotiations between the two countries. Negotiations between Georgia and Abkhazia were stalled, Bagapsh told a press conference in Sukhum, because, he added, Georgia had sent military forces to Upper Kodor, had set up the Abkhazian government in exile, had created provocative situations in Gal, had plotted murders as well as kidnaps. Peace talks between the two countries remain stalled since July 2006, when Georgia sent military forces to Upper Kodor, part of Abkhazian soil where Abkhazian rule is not in effect. Numerous statements of refusal to resume talks with Georgia came from the Sukhum administration until the Georgian forces withdrew from the area. The United ... >> full artcle...
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Agency Caucasus: Abkhazians Vote For Putin's Party, Too
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posted by FerrasB on as Abkhazia
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/7/2007 4:37 AM Abkhazians vote for Putin's party, too Sukhum/Agency Caucasus - The Abkhazia leg of the elections of Duma, or lower chamber of Russian parliament, yielded a large proportion of electoral support for the United Russia, the party of Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Abkhazia was one of the countries where the elections of Duma were held, because as much as 80 percent of the Abkhazians hold a Russian passport. Out of the total number of electors, 45,109 cast their votes, according to Batal Tabagua, Head of the Central Abkhazian Commission on Elections. Of the entire votes, 38,610 (86 percent) went to the United Russia, 1958 (4,3 percent) to the pro-Kremlin Fair Russia, 1712 (3,8 percent) to the extremely nationalist Liberal Democratic Party, 1510 (3,3 percent) to the Communist Party ... >> full artcle...
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RFE/RL: Thousands Rally For Abkhazia's Independence
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/6/2006 6:38 AM Wednesday, December 6, 2006 Thousands Rally For Abkhazia's Independence Georgia -- map with Abkhazia and South Ossetia (RFE/RL) December 6, 2006 -- Thousands of people today rallied in the Abkhaz capital Sukhumi calling on Russia and the international community to recognize the breakaway region's independence from Georgia. Some 35,000 people reportedly took part in the rally, which also called for Abkhazia to join the Russian Federation. Sergei Bagapsh, the self-declared Abkhaz president, told the rally Abkhazia and Georgia could not coexist within one state. Russia's lower house of parliament is due today to debate statements on Abkhazia and Georgia's other breakaway region, South Ossetia. Andrei Kokoshin, the head of the State Duma's committee for CIS affairs, told reporters ahead of the debate that the draft statement will, if passed, call on "all international organizations and ... >> full artcle...
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