Georgia’s demand to deploy its officials on the Abkhaz border with Russia is “ridiculous,” Stanislav Lakoba, Secretary of the National Security Council of breakaway Abkhazia said in a comments posted on the Abkhaz leader’s official web-site on January 29.
Tbilisi wants Russia to legalize trade at the two border crossing points with Georgia located in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as a precondition for Georgia’s go-ahead to Russia’s WTO accession.
“This [demand] is unreal. And I think that Tbilisi understands it very well. I just think that Tbilisi’s effort to continue pushing for this issue is just a face-saving attempt. Final outcome of these talks is already clear. It is impossible to meet Georgia’s demand,” Lakoba said.
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