Abkhaz, Georgian Sides Meet in Gali to Discuss Security Issues
The UN-organized Georgian-Abkhaz talks were launched on May 12 in the Gali district of breakaway Abkhazia.
Georgian State Minister for Conflict Resolution Issues Goga Khaindrava and Abkhaz Foreign Minister Sergey Shamba are representing the sides at talks, which is also being attended by the UN Secretary General?s Special Representative to Georgia Heidi Tagliavini.
The agenda of the meeting includes: means of identifying law enforcement officials in the conflict zone; setting regulations for the type of arms law enforcers will be authorized to carry in the conflict zone; cooperation between the law enforcement agencies of the Georgian and Abkhaz sides; launching of a bus route which will connect the Gali district with the Zugdidi district, in the Samegrelo region; and an exchange of maps of mine fields and the creation of a hot line between the sides.
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