Russia and the United States clashed sharply over Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia on Tuesday as the United Nations Security Council debated renewing a U.N. mission in the Caucasus state.
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April 11, 2007Shelling of villages in upper Kodori Gorge was “a well-planned provocation aimed against Georgia’s unity and territorial integrity,†Georgian Parliamentary Chairperson Nino Burjanadze said on March 12.
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March 12, 2007Georgian authorities on Monday accused forces from the breakaway region in Abkhazia of shelling several Georgian-controlled villages, The Associated Press news agency reports.
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Mikhail Saakashvili on Tuesday rejected Russia’s accusations that his country was preparing for the forceful seizure of the breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, accusing Moscow of fueling disputes in the region based on its old territorial claims, AP reports.
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November 15, 2006“We are asking the Georgians and the Russians to do everything they can to de-escalate the tensions,†Rice told reporters traveling with her from Beijing to Moscow.
Rice, who arrived in Russia on a one-day visit, said she was very concerned about persistent tensions between Tbilisi and Moscow and especially the “frozen conflicts†of breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
“I think we have been clear with both sides that cooler heads need to prevail here,†said Rice, pledging to raise the issue in her meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
The latest crisis between the two former Soviet states stemmed from Georgia’s brief detention of four Russian servicemen on suspicion of espionage.
They were released after international mediation but Russia cut sea, air rail and postal links and ordered the deportation of hundreds of Georgians it said were illegal immigrants.
Putin on Friday told European Union leaders in Finland that Georgia was risking bloodshed by seeking to regain control over the regions by military means.
“The rhetoric really needs to be lowered,†Rice said. “I would be especially concerned that there would be no rhetoric which might encourage activity —- military, provocative activity in these frozen conflicts of Abkhazia or South Ossetia.â€
She added: “I think that (military action) is the kind of problem that could get out of control. I will talk to the Russians about that problem.â€
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October 23, 2006Abkhazia’s parliament today sent an official appeal to the Russian president and Russian parliament asking for recognition as an independent state, the ITAR-TASS news agency reports.
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