Abkhaz, Georgian, Russian Sides to Meet in Tbilisi over Railway

During talks over the rehabilitation of the Abkhaz portion of a country-wide railway, which were held in Abkhazia?s Gali district on July 2 and involved representatives from the Abkhaz, Georgian and Russian sides, the parties agreed to hold the next round of talks in Tbilisi on July 11 in order to discuss the composition of a joint expert group which will assess the current condition of the railway between the Abkhaz capital Sokhumi and Zugdidi, in the western Georgia region of Samagrelo.

?Apparently, it will be known by October 1 exactly what kind of work will be necessary to carry out in order to rehabilitate the Abkhaz railway,? Giorgi Khaindrava, the Georgian State Minister for Conflict Resolution Issues, told Civil Georgia after talks.

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