Abkhazia Rejects Unilateral Demilitarization

Foreign Minister of breakaway Abkhazia Sergey Shamba described Tbilisi’s calls for demilitarization of conflict zones in both South Ossetia and Abkhazia as “absurd.”

“It would have been naive to think that Abkhazia and South Ossetia will demilitarize, while Georgia is reinforcing its armed forces. On the contrary, we should spare no efforts to adequately respond to … Abkhazia and South Ossetia cannot unilaterally create demilitarized zones, while Georgia prepares for joining NATO,” Apsnipress news agency quoted Shamba as saying on March 7.

He said that international community should undertake efforts to achieve demilitarization of entire Caucasus region and not focus on demilitarization of certain parts of this region.