Bagapsh, Kokoity Discuss Cooperation
South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity held talks with Abkhaz leader Sergey Bagapsh, the South Ossetian Press and Information Committee and Abkhaz news agency, Apsnipress, reported on June 15.
Apsnipress said the meeting was held in Sokhumi.
“Eduard Kokoity and Sergey Bagapsh discussed the settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian and Georgian-Abkhaz conflicts against the background of increased military threat from Georgia,” the South Ossetian Press and Information Committee reported.
The two leaders also discussed bilateral agreements and further cooperation in economic, social and military spheres, according to this report.
On June 15 the South Ossetian Press and Information Committee also reported that Kokoity met with head of Russia’s Communist Party, Gennady Zyuganov, in Russia’s North Ossetian Republic. The President North Ossetian Republic, Teimuraz Mamsurov, also participated in the meeting.
