Abkhazia does not believe in Georgia's peaceful intentions, a letter
from Abkhaz President Sergey Bagapsh to the UN Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon, published by the Abkhaz Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says,
RIA Novosti reports.
The presidents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Sergey Bagapsh and Eduard
Kokoity said on December 6 that they will not use force or threats
against Georgia. Their statement was a reply to the speech of Mikheil
Saakashvili at the European Parliament on November 23.
The non-use of force will be viewed at the 14th round of discussions
in Geneva on the Trans-Caucasus security on Thursday.
The letter of Bagapsh praises the UN efforts made in 1992-2008 aimed
at settling the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict.
The UN took an important part in signing the basic documents of
non-use of force, as well as the Moscow agreement on May 14, 1994, and
the Gagra protocol on May 25, 1998.
But the aggressive actions and unilateral violation of the peaceful
deals by Georgia, entrance of Georgian forces in the Kodori Gorge in
August 2006 started tensions, resulting in the war in South Ossetia in
August 2008.
The Abkhaz president says that Georgia's violations of agreements
signed under the auspices of UN and participation of the OSCE give
grounds for mistrust of Georgia's peaceful intentions.
Abkhazia urges UN to strengthen the mutual obligations of both sides
in non-use of force, promotion of security and stable co-existence of
both states.
The letter emphasizes that the Russia is a strategic partner of
Abkhazia and a guarantee of security. The presidents said that
Abkhazia has never been an aggressor for its neighbors.
