Abkhazia News
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The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu withdrew its recognition of Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s administration said today on its Facebook Inc. page.
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Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili backtracked from a statement he made this week, when he blamed President Mikheil Saakashvili for starting a 2008 war against Russia.
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Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili wants to question President Mikheil Saakashvili over the country’s five-day war with Russia in 2008, a probe that may lead to legal proceedings against Saakashvili.
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Russia welcomed Vanuatu establishing diplomatic ties with Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia, calling it an important step in Abkhazia’s campaign for greater global recognition.
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When Tuvalu, a string of atolls in the Pacific Ocean with a population of 11,000, received fresh water from a Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia last month, the emergency shipment had strings attached.
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The leader of the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh died in a Moscow hospital, Georgia’s Imedi TV station said, citing Russian news agencies.
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The new president of Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia pledged to bolster ties with Russia and seek wider international recognition for his country as he was inaugurated.
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Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze said it would be “wise” for Georgia to recognize the breakaway region of Abkhazia as an independent country.
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Abkhazia is voting to elect a new president for the second time since Russia recognized Georgia’s separatist region as an independent state three years ago. The Georgian government condemned the vote.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy took his reelection drive to Georgia, seeking to enhance his reputation as a statesman in the Black Sea country where he brokered a ceasefire to end a 2008 war with Russia.
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