Abkhazian Prime Minster Raul Khadzhimba has stated that the Republic intended to maintain its self-proclaimed independence. Abkhazia is an independent republic, unlike Adjaria, and will never be part of Georgia, he told a press conference in Moscow.
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Khadzhimba noted south Ossetia's leaders had the same stand. A south Ossetian delegation is also in Moscow. The Abkhazian premier said that he noted during the consultations in Moscow that Abkhazia wanted to maintain the status existing for ten years already and remain in the negotiating process. Abkhazia has enough strength to maintain its independence, Khadzhimba stressed. The republic's military and police forces are kept in high combat readiness in connection with the developments in Tbilisi, he said. |