Bagapsh: Secessionist Regions Coordinate Policy
President-elect of breakaway Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh, who is visiting Moscow, said in an interview with the Echo Moskvy radio station on January 27 that the unrecognized republics of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Moldova?s breakaway region of Transdnestria, as well as Nagorno-Karabakh, are attempting to carry out a coordinated policy.
The leaders of separatist regions of the CIS – Sergey Bagapsh of Abkhazia, Eduard Kokoity of South Ossetian and Igor Smirnov of Transnistria – visited Moscow at the same time this week.
Bagapsh said that he did not meet with the visiting leaders of the secessionist regions in Moscow, however added that ?we try to coordinate all our actions with Transdnestria, South Ossetia and Karabakh and in this issue we have a full, mutual understanding.?
When asked about the prospects of the breakaway regions? future, Sergey Bagapsh said that he is sure these regions will acquire internationally recognized independence. ?I do not only believe in this, I am sure it will happen? International society should find some kind of means to do this [recognize breakaway regions],? he added.
