Tbilisi Works over Concept of Abkhazia Conflict Settlement

Tbilisi seeks for a new approach to make a breakthrough in the deadlocked conflict.

Situation in breakaway Abkhazia, which de facto seceded from Georgia as a result of 1992-1993 bloody conflict, makes headlines of Georgian media again following the downfall of ex-Adjarian leader Aslan Abashidze’s regime. Developments in Abkhazia were largely overshadowed by the last November’s political turmoil and Adjara crisis.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s statement, that return of Adjara to Tbilisi’s fold would bolster Georgia’s reunification, prompted Abkhaz side’s fears over possible escalations in the region.

In a letter sent to the UN Chief Military Observer in Georgia Maj. Gen.  Kazi Ashfaq Ahmed, de facto Abkhaz Defense Minister says that “the Georgian secret services” intend to trigger escalations “under the pretext of mass revolt and mass disobedience campaign” in the Gali district of Abkhazia, which is predominately populated by the ethnic Georgians.