Abkhaz Official: Bagapsh Ready for Talks with Saakashvili

Foreign Minister of breakaway Abkhazia Sergey Shamba said in a telephone interview with Rustavi 2 television on March 23 that the Abkhaz side is ready to hold consultations with the Georgian side to prepare talks between Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Abkhaz leader Sergey Bagapsh.

?We can only welcome this [meeting between Saakashvili and Bagapsh]? But it is quite clear that such a meeting should bring serious results. Therefore, we should preliminarily develop all issues at a lower level first,? Sergey Shamba said.
 
Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili reiterated on March 23, while commenting on Shamba?s statement, that President Saakashvili is also ready to meet with Abkhaz de facto President Sergey Bagapsh.  
 
The Georgian President?s spokesperson Gela Charkviani announced on March 16 that Saakashvili is ready to meet with Bagapsh ?either in Tbilisi or Batumi? without any prior conditions.?

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