Putin Supports Georgia’s Territorial Integrity

(Tbilisi, April 1, Civil Georgia) – “President Putin supports our independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Georgian National Security Council Secretary Tedo Japaridze stated on March 31 commenting meeting with the Russian President on March 30.

According to Japaridze Vladimer Putin said that he has never met Vladislav Ardzinba [leader of the breakaway Abkhazia] and even does not plan to meet him.

After the meeting with Georgian security chief Russian President stated that he supports implementation of the document on distribution of constitutional rights between Sokhumi [breakaway Abkhazian capital] and Tbilisi.

“Basic Principles for the Distribution of Competences between Tbilisi and Sukhumi [capital of breakaway Republic of Abkhazia]” was prepared by the UN Secretary General’s Group of Friends on Georgia (Germany, France, Great Britain, Russia and the United States).

The document details remain confidential, but Georgian officials hail its provisions that consider Abkhazia as a part of the Georgian state.

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