President of breakaway Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh told the visiting U.S. diplomats on April 11 that Abkhazia will not give up its uncompromising stance over the region?s independence, Abkhaz news agency Apsnypress reports.
U.S. Senior Advisor for Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann, who is also the Special Negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh and Eurasian Conflicts, U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Richard Miles and other officials visited the Abkhaz capital on April 11. They held talks with Abkhaz leader Bagapsh, vice-president Raul Khajimba and speaker of parliament Nugzar Ashuba.
The Abkhaz leader reiterated that Sokhumi is presently ready to discuss only economic issues with the Georgian side, as talks over the political problems bring the negotiation process to a halt.
Sergey Bagapsh said that the Abkhaz side is ready to contribute to developing a peace plan, which could guarantee ?peaceful co-existence of the two neighboring states,? the agency reports.
According to Apsnypress, Ambassador Steven Mann also pointed out that the United States supports only a peaceful resolution of this conflict.
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