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Russia blasts Georgian idea to invite diplomats to Kodori
26/09/2006 17:37 Russia's Foreign Ministry criticized Tuesday a Georgian idea to invite foreign diplomats to visit a troubled region separating Tbilisi-controlled territory from breakaway Abkhazia as dangerous and untimely.
Georgia establishes military presence in Kodori - Russian general
15/08/2006 15:12 Georgia has used a so-called anti-crime operation in Abkhazia's Kodori Gorge aimed at disarming a rebellious militia unit as a pretext to deploy military forces in the area, a Russian army general said Tuesday.
Tbilisi hosts rally to commemorate Abkhazian war
14/08/2006 21:57
Russian peacekeepers in Kodori Gorge unacceptable - Georgia
11/08/2006 13:23 Georgia has every legitimate reason to refuse a Russian peacekeeping role in international monitoring of a gorge forming de facto border between the breakaway region of Abkhazia and Tbilisi-controlled territory, Georgia's Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Russia calls on Georgia, Abkhazia to resume peace talks
08/08/2006 16:46 A deputy Russian foreign minister said Tuesday Russia advocated revitalization of a UN-chaired coordination council set up to break a long-standing impasse over the status of a Georgia's breakaway republic.
Georgia accepts UN monitoring in Kodori with minimal Russia role
08/08/2006 16:02 "The Georgian side is ready to accept UN monitoring of the gorge provided that Russia's participation in the effort is minimal - no more than one person in the team, and that no Russian helicopters are used to monitor the area," Irakly Okruashvili said.
Georgia's actions in Abkhazia hinder conflict settlement -Russia
02/08/2006 18:32 Georgia's military operation in the Kodori Gorge could seriously hamper the settlement of the long-running conflict between Georgia and the breakaway republic of Abkhazia, Russia's deputy foreign minister said Wednesday.
Georgia increasing military presence in Kodori Gorge -Abkhazia
02/08/2006 17:14 Authorities of the Georgian breakaway republic of Abkhazia said Wednesday that Georgia had deployed over 2,000 soldiers along with military hardware and helicopters in Abkhazia's Kodori Gorge, and was continuing to increase its military presence.
Russian peacekeepers deny setting up new checkpoints in Kodori
02/08/2006 13:45 Georgian media reported earlier that Russian peacekeeping forces had set up a new checkpoint in the town of Lata in the Korodi Gorge, which is the de facto border between Abkhazia and Georgia.
Abkhazia parliament asks Russia for protection
29/07/2006 17:03 Parliament is calling on "the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Group of Friends of the UN Secretary General and Russia to force Georgia as an aggressor state to comply with its obligations on the Abkhazian-Georgian conflict resolution."
Russia worried about possible Georgian offensive vs. Abkhazia
28/07/2006 20:44 Russia is concerned that Georgia might be planning to make the Kodori Gorge a "beachhead" for an offensive against Abkhazia to bring the breakaway region under its control, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.
Abkhazian leader says Georgia undermines Caucasus settlement
28/07/2006 16:34 The president of Georgia's self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia said Friday that Georgia had torpedoed four-party talks on resolving the long-running conflict.
Breakaway Abkhazia denies sheltering Tbilisi-sought militia head
28/07/2006 16:17
Abkhazia may stop talks with Georgia over pro-Tbilisi govt. move
28/07/2006 13:30 Abkhazia's leader said Friday the breakaway republic could pull out of talks with Georgia, following Tbilisi's decision to appoint its own government to reinstate control in the region's rebellious gorge.
Georgia launches second stage of operation in Kodori Gorge
28/07/2006 10:18 Georgia's Interior Ministry launched Friday the second phase of a police operation in the Kodori Gorge, in its breakaway region of Abkhazia.
Abkhazia legitimate govt. to be based in Kodori - Georgian pres.
27/07/2006 22:05 "With approval of Georgia's parliament and the country's prime minister, I made the decision to base, for the first time since 1993 in the Kodori Gorge, Abkhazia's legitimate government, which will spread Georgia's jurisdiction to this territory," Mikheil Saakashvili said addressing the nation.
Georgian president announces full control over Kodori Gorge
27/07/2006 21:10 Georgia's president said Georgia fully controlled the Kodori Gorge. "Today, Georgia made a serious step forward and restored full control over the territory of Abkhazia's Kodori Gorge for the first time in the past 13 years," Mikheil Saakashvili said.
Wrap: Operation over but Georgian forces stay in Kodori Gorge
27/07/2006 20:09 Georgia's authorities said Thursday the Interior Ministry had completed a special operation in the troubled Kodori Gorge but that security forces would stay in the area for the time being.
Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia zone told to shoot if attacked
27/07/2006 15:47 Russian peacekeepers in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone have been ordered to open fire in the event of a deliberate attack on their positions, a senior Russian military officer said Thursday.
Georgia resumes operation against militia in Abkhaz gorge
27/07/2006 09:51 Georgia resumed Thursday what it called an anticrime operation in a remote gorge that forms the de facto border between government-controlled territory and the breakaway republic of Abkhazia.
Georgian troops set to storm militia leader's hideout - TV
26/07/2006 22:11
Georgia's rebellious militia leader wounded - TV
26/07/2006 20:10
Georgian police open fire on militia leader in Kodori Gorge
26/07/2006 17:48
Russia warns Georgia against breaching agreements-FM Lavrov
26/07/2006 17:26 Russia is closely monitoring the situation in the Kodori Gorge and has cautioned Georgia against violating agreements covering the area, the foreign minister said Wednesday.
Georgia gives militia leader Kvitsiani 4 hrs to surrender - TV
26/07/2006 16:20 Georgia's authorities have set a deadline of four hours for a rebellious militia leader to surrender and admitted their first losses in an operation to capture him, a television company said Wednesday.
Breakaway Abkhaz authorities vow to shoot anyone nearing border
26/07/2006 15:57 "We will shoot to kill [anyone] crossing even one meter into Abhazia's border," Sergei Bagapsh said. He spoke at the end of a meeting with an OSCE delegation on a one-day visit to Abkhazia.
Police take control over most of Abkhazia gorge - Georgian TV
26/07/2006 14:59 Units from Georgia's Interior Ministry have established control over most of a remote gorge on the border with the breakaway region of Abkhazia, local television reported Wednesday.
Georgia opposition leader cries foul over TV phone conversation
26/07/2006 13:22
Georgia conducts military operation in Kodori - CIS peacekeepers
26/07/2006 12:17 Georgia is conducting a military rather than police operation in the Kodori Gorge in breakaway Abkhazia, the commander of the CIS peacekeeping force in the region said Wednesday.
Police operation in Abkhazia gorge continuing - Georgia
26/07/2006 10:07 Officials in Georgia said Wednesday a police operation to disarm what they called criminal gangs in a gorge on the de facto border with the breakaway region of Abkhazia was continuing.
Abkhazia denies Kvitsiani's flight, shootout in Kodori
25/07/2006 22:23
Russian peacekeepers report shootout in Kodori Gorge - ministry
25/07/2006 21:01 Russian peacekeepers have confirmed reports about gunfire being exchanged in the Kodori Gorge in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.
Georgia ministers meet Kvitsiani representatives - TV
25/07/2006 20:49
Georgia provoking war in Abkhazia - S. Ossetian president
25/07/2006 18:02 The president of Georgia's self-proclaimed republic South Ossetia said Tuesday that Georgia is staging provocations in the Kodori Gorge in Abkhazia, another of its breakaway regions, as a pretext to start a war.
Kodori Gorge situation affects Russia's security-ministry
25/07/2006 16:09 "We share the concern of the Abkhaz side over the growing tensions in the Kodori Gorge, the deployment of a large Georgian military contingent there, and the possibility of hostilities breaking out in the area," the ministry said.
Georgia refuses to rule out force in spat with Abkhazia gorge
25/07/2006 13:41 Georgia's authorities hope to resolve a conflict peacefully in a gorge on the border with the self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia but are not ruling out the use of force, a high-ranking government source said Tuesday.
Georgian troops moving toward Kodori Gorge in Abkhazia- TV
25/07/2006 12:41 An armored convoy with Georgian troops is moving toward the Kodori Gorge, the only Tbilisi-controlled area in the northwestern breakaway region of Abkhazia, Georgian television company Imedi reported Tuesday.
Update: Russian peacekeepers hold Georgian armored cars in conflict zone
25/07/2006 11:31 Russian peacekeepers have detained two Georgian light-armored prime movers and two cars in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone, a mission spokesman said Tuesday.
Georgian PM says no talks with armed group in breakaway Abkhazia
25/07/2006 11:24 Georgia's prime minister said Tuesday talks with a former presidential envoy who leads an outlawed battalion in the only Tbilisi-controlled area in the northwestern breakaway region of Abkhazia were impossible.
Russian peacekeepers hold Georgian armored cars in conflict zone
25/07/2006 11:05 Russian peacekeepers have detained two Georgian light-armored prime movers and two cars in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone, a mission spokesman said Tuesday.
Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia's Kodori Gorge on high alert
24/07/2006 20:17 Two checkpoints of Russian peacekeepers in the Kodori Gorge in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia have been put on high alert over fears of escalating tensions, a peacekeeper said Monday.
No crisis on Georgia-Abkhazia border-parliament speaker
24/07/2006 17:48 Georgia's parliamentary speaker said Monday the situation in the only Tbilisi-controlled area in the country's breakaway region of Abkhazia was difficult but not in crisis, which meant Russian peacekeepers could be withdrawn.

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