Bagapsh Speaks of Upcoming Summit of Secessionist Leaders
Civil Georgia, Georgia
July 15 2005
In an interview with the Russian daily Vremya Novostey, published on
July 15, President of breakaway Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh said that the
leaders of the unrecognized republics of South Ossetia, Transdnestria
and Nagorno-Karabakh will mainly discuss economic cooperation during
a summit which is scheduled in the Abkhaz capital of Sokhumi at the
end of July. According to some reports, the leader of Nagorno-Karabakh
will not participate in this summit.
“We will make an appeal to Russia and the international community that
the situation surrounding Transdnestria, South Ossetia and Abkhazia
is aggravating,” Bagapsh said.
He also said that although economic cooperation will top the agenda
of the summit, “there will be [discussions of] military cooperation
as well, if necessary.”