02 October 2006, 23:33
Abkhazia stopped talks with Georgia
Abkhazia has suspended all its negotiations with Georgia until the latter withdraws its troops from the Codor Clove. The president's press service of the unrecognized republic told "Interfax" about the measure.
The negotiation process may resume only after Georgia has get back to observance of all the points of earlier agreements, including those attained under international mediation.
The "Caucasian Knot" informed earlier that starting July 25 this year, the official Tbilisi has deployed the military units of the Ministry of Defence in the upper section of the Codor Clove, which is under the control of Georgian authorities. And the other day, under the order of Mikhail Saakashvili, president of Georgia, the upper part of the Codor was named the Upper Abkhazia.
Since then, the Georgian-Abkhazian talks have been at a deadlock. The sitting of the Coordination Board, scheduled on August 2, was not held. So far, the dialogue was maintained at the level of weekly four-side meetings of administration heads and commanders of law enforcement structures of the Galskiy (Abkhazia) and Zugdidzkiy (Georgia) Districts. At these meetings, the parties confined themselves to mutual charges and reproaches, and no decisions were made.
A summit was held only once - on September 9 in Sukhumi under mediation of Jean Arnot, special representative of the UN General Secretary.
