Tuesday, 28 September 2004

ABKHAZIA WILL NOT REJOIN WITH GEORGIA - ABKHAZ PM

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Abkhaz Prime Minister Raul Khajimba has claimed that Abkhazia will never become part of Georgia again. \"We have been accustomed to the Georgian president\'s statements that he will return Abkhazia to Georgia. Tbilisi should understand that Abkhazia will not return to Georgia, and this problem cannot be solved by force,\" Khajimba told Interfax on Tuesday.
Abkhaz Prime Minister Raul Khajimba has claimed that Abkhazia will never become part of Georgia again. \"We have been accustomed to the Georgian president\'s statements that he will return Abkhazia to Georgia. Tbilisi should understand that Abkhazia will not return to Georgia, and this problem cannot be solved by force,\" Khajimba told Interfax on Tuesday. \"The people of Abkhazia have made their choice and we are not going to discuss the status of our republic, which is an independent state,\" he said. Khajimba also said that Abkhazia on September 30 will mark \"another anniversary of the victory in the 1992-1993 Georgian-Abkhaz conflict.\" (Interfax-South)
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