RF DUMA RECOMMENDS GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIONS IN UNRECOGNIZED REPUBLICS

PanARMENIAN.Net
14.03.2008 14:12 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Participants of Russian Duma hearings on the
unrecognized republics on the territory of Georgia and Moldova
recommend the government to establish diplomatic relations with them.

On March 13, the Duma members discussed the possibility of recognizing
independence of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transdnistria and
recommended to establish diplomatic representations in these republics,
refraining from immediate recognition of their sovereignty.

"After recognition of Kosovo by several dozes of states, Russia has
full authority to recognize Abkhazia’s sovereignty," said Nugzar
Ashuba, speaker of the Abkhazian National Assembly.

"Given the Kosovo precedent, Russia has sufficient ground to
declare recognition of Abkhazia’s independence, thus cementing its
international weight and influence of a world power. Georgian leaders
are facing an opportunity to resolve a number of social and economic
problems while Georgian people will finally stop thinking about war,"
Mr Ashuba said, Deutsche Welle reports.