RUSSIA ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.09.2008 18:01 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russia has officially established diplomatic
relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

"We exchanged notes on establishment of diplomatic relations,"
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference after
talks with his counterparts Murat Dzhioyev (South Ossetia) and Sergei
Shamba (Abkhazia), Vesti reports.