... between independent states, not between conflicting peoples within a single country, which is Tbilisi’s stance. It is important that the Georgian leader only mentioned South Ossetia
in his speech
, while Lavrov proposed extending the peace process to Abkhazia, with which Georgia had been in conflict long before the 2008 war. The top Russian diplomat also emphasized that the issue is not about dismantling Saakashvili’s legacy, but about Georgian authorities accepting the realities that developed without Saakashvili’s ...
... through instruments of power, such as the Eastern Partnership (EaP) which aims to promote European values without taking into account the possibility that a state in the South Caucasus may differ in the way it wishes and should develop.
William Eggerton:
Abkhazia, Georgia and Russia: Future Prospectsa
In the eyes of many EU citizens, the EaP is a means of promoting EU’s identity such as democracy, while non-Europeans would point out such an instrument has been implemented to achieved an economic and/or political ...
... Union, Georgia and Russia towards Abkhazia.
Caucasus Survey
. [online]. 3(3), pp. 309-322. [Viewed 14 February 2021]. Available from:
https://doi.org/10.1080/23761199.2015.1102451
Kirova, I., (2012).
Public Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution: Russian, Georgia and the EU in Abkhazia and South Ossetia
. Paper 7 [online]. Los Angeles: Figueroa Press. [Viewed 14 February 2021]. Available From:
https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/uscpublicdiplomacy.org/files/useruploads/u35361/2012%20Paper%207.pdf
Kolstø, P., (2019). Biting ...
... '80s/'90s, and Georgia could apply a similar approach to Abkhazia and South-Ossetia. Such a strategy could unleash the economic potential of Abkhazia. Moreover, re-opening the train line between Tbilisi and Moscow would develop the Russian Caucasus, Abkhazia, and Georgia.
Looking at the Chinese handover of Hong-Kong and Macao, Georgia might succeed in re-integrating or implementing a Federal/Confederal system with Abkhazia and South-Ossetia. The same could apply to Serbia in Kosovo.
Western states and Russia have ...
... Government of the Russian Federation, HSE, International Center on Conflict and Negotiation (ICCN), and National Energy Security Fund.
The following issues were considered during the expert meeting: the development of the electric power industry in Georgia and Abkhazia, the prospects for oil and gas projects in the Greater Caucasus and in the Caspian Sea area.
The conference also touched upon some issues that had been earlier discussed the
joint RIAC and ICCN conference
.
... Abkhaz literature, one finds references to the Abkhazian kingdom which existed in the 9th and 10th centuries. This is instrumental to the Abkhazian claim for sovereignty over the region even though the same kingdom could equally be described as a common Georgian-Abkhazian state, with a predominance of Georgian language and culture;” he points out that on the other side, Georgians “stress the allegedly non-Abkhaz character” of the historical Abkhazia, and that some even think of Georgians as ...
...
Similarly, after Russia recognized Abkhazia's independence, the former disagreed with the other permanent members of the UN Security Council (US, France, Britain, and China) about the prospects for the work of the UNOMIG (United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia) on the territory of Abkhazia. For Russia, Abkhazia was an independent state, while the other permanent members of the UN Security Council considered it to be an integral part of Georgia. On June 15, 2009, Russia vetoed a technical rollover, thereby blocking an extension ...
... in Ukraine, Georgia unequivocally supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and endeavours to provide the necessary aid to our close neighbours.
Has the Ukrainian crisis altered the perception of the situation in South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia?
Some people have changed their opinion, some have adopted even stronger stances. On the whole, the dramatic events that have unfolded in Ukraine are reminiscent of what happened in Georgia in 2008 and earlier in the 1990s.
In early summer 2015,...
... citizenship and facilitating the procedure of obtaining the Abkhaz citizenship, have been viewed differently. I do not think that, in South Ossetia, the issue of dual citizenship will be perceived negatively. The problem is that before the armed conflict with Georgia in the early 1990s, Ossetians were in the majority in South Ossetia while the Abkhazians were a minority in Abkhazia, accounting for 17 percent of the population, while Ossetians make up more than 60 percent of the population in South Ossetia.
In any case, the conclusion of this agreement should not be viewed as a breakthrough ...
... politician. This is what we are witnessing now.
If I were asked “what road leads to the Temple” with regard to Tbilisi, I would say: “This road is absolutely unequivocal – establishing normal good-neighborly relations between Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia and signing of a non-use of force agreement.”
This should be the beginning. I do not see any other options for the coming years. In my opinion, the notes of protest through Switzerland have become a stock demarche of Tbilisi ...
