State Minister Criticizes UN Abkhaz Report

State Minister for Conflict Resolution Issues Davit Bakradze said the UN secretary general?s recent report on the situation in Abkhazia diverted the focus from the real issues.

?It would have been better if the report focused more on those vital problems which the region faces,? Bakradze said on July 26. ?The UN and the Group of Friends first and foremost should focus on the absence of dialogue on the political status of the region; human rights abuses in the Gali region; the total absence of progress on the return of refugees and internally displaced persons and in general the alarming security concerns existing in Abkhazia.?

?These are the major issues which we hope the next resolution of the UN Security Council will focus on [in October],? Bakradze said.

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