Moscow - Abkhazia announced plans to take a probable move towards signing an agreement of military patronage with Russia after Georgia was reported to send off military instruments as well as military stuff to Kodor Valley.
Because Georgia made preparations to launch a war, Abkhazia's President Sergei Shamba told RIA Novosti, "we can sign a treaty of military cooperation with Russia to get protected from a possible Georgian incursion into the Abkhazian territory. We can show respect for Russia's regional interests in return for the supply of military protection and economic cooperation," said Shamba. "We can see that Russia maintains its military interests in Abkhazia, because it is a region of strategical importance to Russia. And it has always been so. That's why the little Abkhazia gets mentioned in all talks between leaders of recognized countries."
Shamba also told the Radio of Moscow that his country ... >>full
Russia-Georgia tensions over Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence Publication time: 15 May 2008, 18:54 Even as a new president taking over the Kremlin reigns, long-standing tensions between Russia and Georgia over breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions in Georgia have flared dangerously recent days with each country accusing the other of provocative actions that risk war. Russia has moved troops and armor into Abkhazia last week to respond to a Georgian military buildup along the unofficial border with the breakaway region of the Caucasus republic. But Georgia has warned of military action, if Russian forces interfere. The Kremlin said the deployment was allowed under a 1994 cease-fire that stationed Russian troops in the region to prevent the kind of fighting that broke out between Georgia and "separatists" after the fall of the Soviet Union. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said any Georgian military action would lead to "retaliatory actions," but stressed at ... >>full
The National Interest Turning Abkhazia into a War by Brooke Leonard
05.08.2008
Anne Applebaum, recently named one of "the world's most sophisticated thinkers" by Foreign Policy, raised an important point in her Washington Post column on Tuesday—and an important concern. Applebaum, who is also an adjunct fellow at the neoconservative think-tank the American Enterprise Institute, is right on target in her argument that the oft-forgotten de-facto- independent republic of Abkhazia could trigger war between Russia and Georgia. There is a very real possibility that tension over Abkhazia will escalate, so understanding the nature of the conflict is key. Unfortunately, Applebaum’s analysis sheds no light on the situation, but rather points to a disturbing trend in American mainstream media: presenting simplistic and therefore misleading analysis of foreign-policy issues.
So what are the facts?
Abkhazia is not exactly “a province of Georgia that declared its independence in 1992” and proceeded to engage in the ethnic cleansing of Georgians, ... >>full
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