(Tbilisi, March 15, Civil Georgia) – On March 14 Georgian side asked the Russian peacekeepers and observers from UN mission in Georgia to check the information on international terrorists’ possible presence in breakaway Abkhazia.
Georgian State Security Ministry supposes that together with the other terrorists fighters linked to Al-Qaeda might be hiding in unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia. Abkhazian side denies reports.
Richard Boucher, Spokesman of the US Department of State said on March 11, that the United States “have no definitive information on the presence of Al-Qaeda operatives in that region of Abkhazia.”