Russian Official, UN Envoy Discuss Abkhazia

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin met with UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Georgia Jean Arnault in Moscow on June 18, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported.

The sides discussed the current situation in the Abkhaz conflict zone and stressed the need for “the de-escalation of tensions in the region and for confidence building between the conflicting sides,” according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.