Moscow and de facto Abkhaz officials will try to decide later this month where exactly Russia ends and Abkhazia begins.
In response to the March 28 talks, Tbilisi on March 18 reminded the world that Abkhazia's borders belong to Georgia to begin with, and that defining their latitude and longitude without Tbilisi's consent is illegal.
That argument is likely to fall on deaf ears in both Moscow and Sokhumi.
In 2009, the breakaway government invited Russian border guards to help train its own border forces. The largest of four Russian border guard compounds in Abkhazia -- five hectares in area, with room for 50 servicemen and their families -- just opened in the village of Otobaia, in the southern district of Gali. Russian soldiers are now the main line of defense against any Georgian attempt to retake the territory.
Giorgi Lomsadze is a journalist based in Tbilisi, and author of Tamada Tales.
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