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Sergei Shamba, the foreign minister of Abkhazia's separatist administration, said Abkhazia would boycott a round of talks scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in protest at how the United Nations described the region's status. Abkhazia had been waiting to see how the UN would describe it in an upcoming report and decided to quit the talks when it realised the report would only be released Monday, just as negotiators were due to meet, Shamba said. "We see clear trickery in this. Therefore the Abkhaz delegation will not travel to Geneva to take part in the next round of discussions," Shamba was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. In previous UN reports the region was called "Abkhazia, Georgia" -- wording that irritated the Abkhaz since it implied the territory was part of Georgia. The talks in Geneva are being held under the joint auspices of the UN, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. They have repeatedly run into trouble because of disputes over the status of Georgia's rebel regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which are recognised by Russia as independent but which most of the world considers part of Georgia. Georgia's top official for dealing with the rebel regions, Reintegration Minister Temur Iakobashvili, expressed disappointment at the decision, while the EU said it had not been directly informed yet. "Georgia is disappointed that the Abkhaz separatists decided not to take part in the Geneva talks. The decision torpedoes the only existing negotiation mechanism aimed at the conflict settlement," Iakobashvili told AFP. A Western source familiar with the talks expressed scepticism, saying the Abkhaz delegation was almost certainly bluffing and would turn up in Geneva. "It's all part of the media war between the two sides," the source said. Separately, Russian border guards patrolling the de facto border between Georgia and Abkhazia said they had found a hidden arms stash with 52 anti-tank mines and more than 100 kilograms of TNT, RIA Novosti reported on Saturday. The border guards did not specify the origin of the stash. Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which broke free of Tbilisi in the early 1990s, were at the heart of last summer's brief Russia-Georgia war and tensions remain high near the regions despite an EU-brokered ceasefire that ended the conflict. Copyright © 2009 AFP. All rights reserved. |
MOSCOW - The rebel Georgian region of Abkhazia will not take part in upcoming talks in Geneva aimed at easing tensions after last summer's Russia-Georgia war, RIA Novosti news agency reported Saturday.| < Prev | Next > |
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