SERGEI BAGAPSH: EU CAN’T FORCE ABKHAZIA TO RETURN UNDER GEORGIA’S JURISDICTION
PanARMENIAN.Net
29.05.2008 14:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A delegation of ambassadors representing 15 EU
member states is arriving in Abkhazia on May 30. Then a visit of EU
leaders is expected.
Meanwhile, Abkhazia’s President Sergei Bagapsh has already warned
that neither the EU nor any other structure can force Abkhazia to
return under Georgia’s jurisdiction. "This issue is closed and we
are not going to discuss it," he said.
The EU will make an attempt to drive Russia out of talks, according
to him.
"I would like to emphasize that no progress can be achieved without
Russia’s mediation. Russia was and will be a full-fledged participant
of the peaceful process," Bagapsh said, Interfax reports.