Step Again Russian ahold Georgia Regional
TEMPO.CO, Tbilisi - Georgian Foreign Minister said Russia
another step in the de facto annexed the breakaway region of the country after
Moscow signed an agreement with Abkhazia.
In the agreement signed by President Vladimir Putin and
the leaders of Abkhazia, Raul Khadzhimba, Monday, November 24, 2014, stated
that the Russian and Abkhaz forces would be in the region to form joint forces
under the command of Russia.
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This step raises suspicions of Western countries against
President Vladimir Putin who previously had annexed the Crimea, Ukraine, on the
Black Sea peninsula in March 2014. "I believe that cooperation, unity, and
the strategic partnership between Russia and Abkhazia will continue to
strengthen," said Putin .
Russian troops are in Abkhazia for more than two decades
since the region has a population of 240 thousand broke away from Georgia in a
separatist war in the early 1990s.
Agreement signed by the two leaders on Monday, November
24, 2014, reflects that Moscow will further increase the presence of its troops
after a change in leadership in the region.
Former leader of Abkhazia, Alexander Ankvab, previously
forced to abdicate early 2014 under the pressure of protests led by the Kremlin
reported. Khadzhimba, a former KGB intelligence officials of the Soviet Union,
was elected president in polls in August 2014. However, the election results
were rejected Georgia because it is considered illegal.
Unlike Ankvab who resisted pressure Moscow that Russia is
allowed to buy assets in Abkhazia, Khadzhimba would prefer to listen to the
wishes of Russia. "The agreement with Russia fully guarantee our security
and socio-economic development," said Khadzhimba.
Russia-Georgia relationship heats up due to the war in
August 2008 after the former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili tried to
control back the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Furthermore, Russian forces
repelled Georgian troops in the five-day war. Shortly thereafter, Moscow
recognized the independence of two breakaway state of Georgia.
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