Georgian, Russian Officials Discuss Abkhaz Issue

(Tbilisi, June 14 2003, Civil Georgia) – Georgian Special Affairs Minister Malkhaz Kakabadze and Deputy Foreign Minister Merab Antadze left for Moscow today to discuss with the Russian authorities implementation of the Sochi agreement.

The March 7 agreement between Eduard Shevardnadze and Vladimir Putin was signed implies safe return of IDPs to Abkhazia, restoration of the Russian-Georgian railway link via Abkhazia and rehabilitation of power facilities in the breakaway region.

According to the Georgian Foreign Ministry it is unknown so far, whether the representatives of self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia will attend the talks.

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