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Nicaraguan FM: Abkhazia and S. Ossetia independence recognition will
help stop Caucasus conflict
01.11.2008 14:29 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos Lopez is
hopeful that his country’s recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia’s
independence will help put an end to conflicts in the region.

`We are glad to see that relations between Russia and Nicaragua are
developing in various fields. We supported Russia in its recognition
of independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and are hopeful that it
can help put an end to conflicts in the region,’ he said during a
joint news conference with Russian FM Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, RIA
Novosti reports.

President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega declared recognition of South
Ossetia and Abkhazia in September 2008, marking Nicaragua as the
second [after Russia] state to recognize independence of the breakaway
republics.