"We assume that derelict military bases in Abkhazia should be brought back to life to house the Russian military," Sergei Shamba said.
Russia is expected to station about 4,000 military personnel in Abkhazia. Russian peacekeepers have been based in Gudauta, at a former Soviet airbase.
"I cannot say how many Russian troops there are in Abkhazia now," Shamba said. "A significant number remained following the events of August."
Shamba said his country had banned the West from deploying observers on the republic's territory. "The EU is now on Georgian territory, they want to spread their observers to our territory. We will not agree to that," he said after a first round of discussions in Geneva.
The Abkhazian leader also said the Russian and Abkhazian authorities have agreed where the Russian embassy to Abkhazia and the ambassador's residence will be.
He also said the ambassador had been decided but would not identify the candidate. "It is a well-known Russian diplomat," he said, adding that there had been no decision on the Abkhazian ambassador to Russia.
Russia launched its five-day military operation to "force Georgia to accept peace" after Georgian troops attacked breakaway South Ossetia on August 8, killing a number of Russian peacekeepers and hundreds of civilians.
Russia's response to the Georgian attack was labeled disproportionate by a number of Western powers. On August 26, Russia recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.
The two republics broke away from Georgia following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s amid armed conflicts that claimed thousands of lives.
