SUKHUMI, December 6 (RIA Novosti) - Abkhazia, an unrecognized republic in Georgia, intends to hold a 'national gathering' Wednesday to show its determination to gain full independence from the South Caucasus country.

Georgia has pledged to bring Abkhazia, which declared its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union, back under its control.

Stanislav Lakoba, the Security Council secretary of the breakaway republic, said the national gathering in the capital of Abkhazia, Sukhumi, is a way of showing the international community Abkhazia's point of view.

"This will once again amplify our position," Lakoba said, adding that the gathering will be held at the same time as Russian lawmakers' discussions on the Abkhazian issue in Moscow.

The United States, European Union and international organizations still consider Abkhazia to be an integral part of Georgia. Russia has stressed the right of breakaway regions in post-Soviet states to self-determination, and has drawn a parallel with Kosovo's drive for independence from Serbia.

The organizing committee of the gathering in Sukhumi said the issue of Abkhazia joining Russia will not be discussed.

During the bloody conflict for Abkhazia's independence the early 1990s, 10,000 people were killed on both sides, and 300,000 fled the region.

Another Georgian breakaway republic, South Ossetia, which also separated from Georgia in the early 1990s following a series of violent clashes, held presidential elections and a referendum on secession from Georgia on November 12. Incumbent President Eduard Kokoity won a landslide victory, and locals gave their resounding backing for independence.

Pro-Western Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who swept into power on the back of a 'color' revolution in 2003, while aiming to bring the self-proclaimed republics back into the fold, accuses Russia of backing the regions' separatists.