(Tbilisi, February 9, Civil Georgia) – “Russia is always ready for dialogue and cooperation and it is interested in the settlement of the Abkhaz problem”, Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Igor Ivanov states at the meeting with Aslan Abashidze, Georgian Presidents’ envoy for Abkhazian conflict settlement on February 8.
“This issue [Abkhazian conflict] must be settled only via talks, in keeping with respect for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Foreign Minister said, Russian news agency Interfax reports.
Head of Autonomous Republic of Adjara Aslan Abashidze held talks with Igor Ivanov on Abkhazian conflict settlement on February 8.