NKR President Travels to Abkhazia
2 010/02/12
Nagorno Karabakh politics
NKR President Bako Sahakyan traveled to Abkhazia to take part in the
swearing in ceremonies of newly reelected President Sergey Bagapsh.
President Sahakyan wished the Abkhazian leader success in his future
endeavors and peace and prosperity to the peoples of Abkhazia.
Abkhazia is home to a sizeable community of Hamshen Armenians.
Armenians settled in Abkhazia in late 19th and the early 20th centuries
and are now the largest ethnic group in Gagra, Sukhumi and Gulprish
districts, forming 20% of the Abkhazian population with 45,000 out
of a total of 215,000.
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