Shevardnadze Downplays Crisis in Abkhazia

(Tbilisi. April 14, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Georgina President Shevardnadze said in his Monday radiobroadcast today that the ?nothing extraordinary is happening in Abkhazia.?

Last week in the wake of opposition?s demand, de facto President of breakaway Abkhazia Vladislav Ardzinba dismissed Prime Minister and entire cabinet.

?The situation in the breakaway region is really very grave,? Eduard Shevardnadze said.

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