Interfax
July 13 2005

Abkhazia, S. Ossetia, Transdniestria leaders to meet

SUKHUMI. July 13 (Interfax) – A meeting of heads of the self-
proclaimed republics of South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Transdniestria
will take place in Sukhumi in late July, Abkhaz President Sergei
Bagapsh said in a televised statement on Wednesday.

“If there are no unforeseen escalations in South Ossetia and
Transdniestria, the meeting will definitely take place in our
republic,” Bagapsh said.

It is understandable that the leader of Nagorno-Karabakh might not
take part in the meeting, he said. “The Nagorno-Karabakh authorities
are forced to take this position, and we understand it,” Bagapsh
said.