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August 20th, 2008
Posted: 10:46 AM ET
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) — The parliament in one of Georgia’s breakaway regions, Abkhazia, has asked Russia to recognize its independence, according to a report by the Russian news agency Interfax. The president also called for a friendship and mutual assistance treaty, which would call for maintaining Russian peacekeepers in the region — located in western Georgia. “I propose that the Russian Federation recognize the Republic of Abkhazia as a sovereign and independent state and establish diplomatic relations between Abkhazia and Russia,” Bagapsh said in his appeal. |
 
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