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From: Abe Rein (ARein@sorosny.org)
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 19:28:44 EST
ABKHAZIA ACCUSES GEORGIA OF SEEKING ITS ISOLATION
Abkhaz Prime Minister Gennadii Gagulia responded on 1 February to
Adamia's allegations by accusing Georgia of seeking to isolate Abkhazia
from Russia both politically and economically, Interfax reported.
Gagulia warned that the withdrawal of the Russian peacekeeping force
from the Abkhaz conflict zone "will certainly result in a sharp increase
in tensions and [possibly] even the resumption of hostilities," Caucasus
Press reported. Following talks on 31 January with Russian First Deputy
Foreign Minister Valerii Loshchinin, who is Russian President Vladimir
Putin's special envoy for the Abkhaz conflict, Gagulia said that
Abkhazia is ready to begin talks on the repatriation of the Georgian
displaced persons and the economic rehabilitation of the region. LF
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