Rustavi-2 made public on 18 May details of a new plan to resolve the Abkhaz conflict. Rustavi-2 said that plan, proposed by Moscow, defines Georgia as a federal state within which Abkhazia is a sovereign entity, and is similar to the \"Basic Principles for the Distribution of Competencies between Tbilisi and Sukhumi\" drafted by former UN special representative Dieter Boden. But \"The Georgian Messenger\" on 14 May as cited by Groong claimed the new Russian plan envisages not a federation but a confederation. That publication predicted that the Georgian leadership, which hitherto rejected the confederation model, will agree to it on condition that provision is made for the Georgian displaced persons who fled Abkhazia during the 1992-93 war to return to their abandoned homes. (RFE/RL)