Russia will maintain its peacekeeping troops in the conflict zones on post-Soviet space despite provocations, President Vladimir Putin said on June 27 – two weeks before the Georgian Parliament launches consideration of Russian peacekeepers’ performance in the Abkhaz conflict zone.
“On the CIS space our state is directly involved in resolution of number of conflict. And I want to stress that we will continue to perform our peacekeeping missions, despite open provocations we face,” Putin said while addressing Russian diplomats on June 27.