Georgia: UN Envoy meets with Abkhaz leaders
Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, who is UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special envoy for the Abkhaz conflict, has
met in Sukhum with Abkhaz Prime Minister Gennadii Gagulia and Foreign Minister
Sergei Shamba, Caucasus Press reported on 13 February. Tagliavini told
journalists they discussed the possibility of renewing talks between the
Abkhaz and Georgian sides within the framework of the UN-sponsored Coordinating
Council. Tagliavini too argued that it would be premature to withdraw the
CIS peacekeeping force from Abkhazia at this juncture, ITAR-TASS reported.
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