Jergenia, Kokoev Meet in Sukhumi

(Tbilisi, September 7, Civil Georgia) 1st Channel of the Russian TV reported that leaders of Georgia’s secessionist provinces met in Sukhumi to discuss security concerns.

President of self-proclaimed South Ossetia Eduard Kokoev and prime-miniter of Abkhazia Anri Jergenia commented to Russian TV on Pankisi operation, saying it is just a staged show.

Mr. Kokoev said Chechen boeviks “squeezed out by the Georgian authorities have positioned themselves along the border of South Ossetia and Russia.”Mr. Jergenia argued Pankisi operation “is a logical part of the Georgian policy to squeeze Russia out of the Caucasus.”

According to the Russian TV reports Abkhazia promised military support to South Ossetia in case of escalation.