Georgianmilitary personnel will conduct joint exercises with Russian forcesat the end of August, Russian radio reported July 24. Earlierthis year, Armenian military personnel also participated... MORE

Georgianpresident Eduard Shevardnadze said July 24 that the resolutionof the Abkhaz and South Ossetian issues would become the "touchstone"of relations between Tbilisi and Moscow, Interfax... MORE

Maj. Gen. Anatoly Merkulev, commander of Russianpeacekeeping forces in South Ossetia, said that his men did notneed any help from Georgian and Ossetian forces and... MORE

The Georgian parliament has proposed that Russia be askedto remove its peacekeeping units from Abkhazia so that Tbilisicould reestablish its authority in that region, NTV... MORE

Abkhazleader Vladislav Ardinba told the Russian commander in his regionthat any attempt to exceed the current quota for the return ofGeorgian refugees to Abkhazia would... MORE

. Various Abkhazofficials, including security service chief Astamur Tarba, declaredin media interviews, and to the Russian military command, thatthey would repel any attempt at refugee... MORE

A Russian governmental commission empowered to ascertainAbkhazia's relief needs announced July 10 that it would recommendgiving Abkhazia 90 billion rubles in aid, rather than the... MORE

Officialsfrom the Russian energy joint stock company Rosenergo arrivedin Tbilisi July 10 to negotiate the establishment of a Georgian-Russianjoint-stock company to produce and distribute electricity,... MORE

Elaborating on Georgianpresident Eduard Shevardnadze's recent remarks, Tbilisi's ambassadorin Moscow Vazha Lodkipanidze told Russian journalists July 6 thatGeorgia is now prepared to negotiate federal arrangements... MORE

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