He said "Georgia is taking action depriving Abkhazia of a possibility to participate in the negotiating process, including attempts to maintain a regime of sanctions against the republic, obstructing any measures for Abkhazia's social-economic and humanitarian development and using special reconnaissance flights."
Georgia reacted furiously to Russia's announcement Wednesday that it plans to strengthen ties with South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which borders on Russia and broke away from Georgia in conflicts following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Georgia is seeking to regain control of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Ex-Soviet breakaway regions have stepped up their drive for independence since Kosovo's declaration of independence on February 17. Abkhazia and South Ossetia, along with Moldova's Transdnestr, have since asked Russia's parliament, the United Nations and other organizations to recognize their independence.
The United Nations Security Council scheduled a meeting at Georgia's request for Wednesday to discuss the row between the two countries and Tbilisi's claims of Russian "aggression" over Abkhazia.
The latest dispute in the province, one of two regions that Tbilisi claims Russia is trying to annex, was fueled on Monday when Georgia said a Russian fighter shot down an unmanned reconnaissance plane over Georgian airspace. Russia's Air Force has denied the allegations.
Bagapsh also said the recognition of Kosovo by the international community should pave the way for the recognition of Abkhazia.
"Having recognized Kosovo, the international community turned a new page in history which should contain a place for an independent state of Abkhazia too," the Abkhaz leader said.
Bagapsh said it was a precedent. "The recognition of the [Kosovo] territory completed Yugoslavia's disintegration, and the recognition of independence for Abkhazia and other self-determined states will legally conclude the breakup of the U.S.S.R.," he said.
