GEORGIA WILL SPARE NO EFFORT TO CONVINCE EU OF IMPOSSIBILITY OF ABKHAZIA’S INDEPENDENCE

PanARMENIAN.Net
24.12.2007 16:44 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Georgia spares no effort to persuade the
European Union to officially announce inadmissibility of Abkhazia’s
independence, Georgian presidential hopeful Mikheil Saakashvili said.

"Diplomats are carrying out serious work to urge the EU to declare
that it will never recognize Abkhazia’s independence. And there is
a real chance that the European Union will support our position,"
he said on Rustavi 2 during a TV dialogue with Georgia Diaspora.

December 11, official Sukhumi called on Europe to put an end to the
policy of double standards. "If Kosovo’s independence is recognized
the same should be done with respect to Abkhazia. Otherwise, Abkhazia
will refuse mediating efforts of states which recognize Kosovo but
don’t recognize Abkhazia," President of the unrecognized republic
Sergei Shamba said during a conversation with UK Ambassador to Georgia
Denis Keefe, Kavkaz Press reports.