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Georgia’s Saakashvili Ready for Dialogue With Breakaway Abkhazia
08.04.2006
MosNews
Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili has said he is ready to start diplomatic settlement of long-term conflict with the breakaway republic of Abkhazia that has been long striving for independence, Gazeta.ru reported.
“We want to settle the conflict in peaceful way,” Saakashvili said. However, he stressed that Tbilisi will not beg Abkhazia’s pardon, although it is set to return property to the refugees, provide normal living conditions for people in conflict zone and defend their human rights.
According to recent rumors, Tbilisi was going to send troops to the province to fight its independence ambitions that makes the President’s new statement surprising.
Abkhazia is formally an autonomous republic within Georgia, independent de facto, although not recognized ...
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