Abkhazia

The Georgian government said the deal with Abkhazia violated the terms of its ceasefire agreement with Russia.

You seem to be supportive of Kosovo's efforts to gain independence, so why shy away from the same principle for Abkhazia and South Ossetia?

Clinton said the United States will not recognize the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.

In principle, sub-national states should sometimes be able to secede, but South Ossetia and Abkhazia clearly do not qualify.

Nor should "ethnic cleansing" be rewarded, which it would be in an independent Bosnian Serb republic or Abkhazia.

Moscow recognized the two breakaway Georgian republics, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, a move that seemed to be a direct snub to the West.

Earlier a Georgian policeman was shot dead at a checkpoint near Abkhazia, one of its breakaway enclaves.

Secretary Gates said NATO must not accept Russia's effort to help Abkhazia and South Ossetia secede from Georgia.

Totally reject and strongly condemn the British Russia South Ossetia and Abkhazia independent recognition.

Georgia rejected the disarmament call, a day after Russian authorities said they were preparing to deploy nine thousand troops to Abkhazia.

The Russians have pulled out of their self-declared buffer zones, but they remain inside Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Russia recently moved to increase ties with both regions, and has added to its peacekeeping troops in Abkhazia.

We do not agree on what happened in Georgia or the current continuing occupation by Russian forces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Meanwhile, Russia signed a deal with Abkhazia granting it the right to establish a military base.

Currently, only Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela and the tiny island nation of Nauru have recognized Abkhazia as an independent state.

As Russia moved more forces into the region and continued aerial bombing, it appeared determined to occupy both South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Abkhazia is one of the flash points of the Wests new troubles with Russia .

Russia's leaders said they were defending two breakaway territories, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, from Georgia's aggression.

U. S. President George Bush says Russia must not lay claim to the breakaway Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Since then Russia has recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, despite international condemnation.

Somewhere in Abkhazia there live and work two talented blacksmiths - a father and a son, Vladimir and Daur Khutaba.

But Russia will keep thousands of troops stationed in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

On Tuesday Russia recognised the independence of the territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Georgia has always strongly opposed Russia's support for the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Abkhazia's border with Georgia is secured by a full division of Russia's border guards, who answer to the FSB.

Supported by Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia achieved and maintained de facto independence from Georgia.

A top advisor to the Abkhaz government said Abkhazia had no choice but to get help from Russia.

Moscow has threatened to send more troops to Abkhazia if Georgia continues to boost its military presence in the border territory.

And Sergei Kiriyenko, the head of Russia's nuclear-energy agency, owns a winery in Abkhazia, according to the local administration.

A State Department official called the Russian action on Abkhazia and South Ossetia "political mischief. "

That left the Crimea as part of Ukraine, Ossetia and Abkhazia as part of Georgia.

He also backs the independence of the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

The biggest problem for China, however, is Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.

Serbia's main ally Russia has recognized the self-declared independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia.

But with Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the attitude is likely to shift.

Russian General Anatoly Nogovitsyn Saturday said Russian peacekeepers will never leave South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Mr. Bush said that the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia must remain part of Georgia.

Mr. Medvedev said Georgia was not likely to bring Abkhazia and South Ossetia back into the fold.

She is calling for an end to the Russian occupation of the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

The Russian air force says it's deployed surface-to-air missiles in the breakaway region of Abkhazia in Georgia.

When the shooting stopped in 1993, Abkhaz forces had pushed out the Georgian military and declared Abkhazia a sovereign country.

South Ossetia and Abkhazia are heavily populated by ethnic Russians and have resisted integration with Georgia.

Meanwhile, Russia's sending reinforcements to Abkhazia.

Earlier, Nogovitsyn said that Russian peacekeepers will never leave the Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

We understand the complex history and realities of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

The city sits at the northern tip of Abkhazia, formerly a part of the Soviet Republic of Georgia.

They say that Stalin had 5 country houses in Abkhazia (in Gagra and on Lake Riza in particular).

but there is a deep, wounding division that stretches far beyond wrecked Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia has made things worse.

Senaki lies about 40 kilometers south of Georgia's separatist republic of Abkhazia, near the Black Sea coast in western Georgia.

Also last month, according to Georgia, a Russian fighter jet shot down an unmanned Georgian spy drone over Abkhazia.

Ever since Mr Putin came to power in 2000, Russia tightened its links with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

In the photo: ethnic Georgians run away from Abkhazia, 1993.

The same fate lay in store for Abkhazia.

The hydroelectric power station, which is serves, however, is partially in the Republic of Abkhazia.

The armies of Russia, Poland, Georgia and Abkhazia take part in the war game.

What is your perception of the grounds for Russia to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia?

Special Representative of the President of Georgia for conflict resolution in Abkhazia;

Basic Principles for Determining the Political Status of Abkhazia within the New State Constitution of Georgia;

The start of an international discussion over the future status of South Ossetia and Abkhazia

CRCI; Decision on further measures for the settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia, Georgia;