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Abkhazia 'expects' recognition of independence by Bolivia, Ecuador

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The former Georgian republic of Abkhazia hopes Bolivia and Ecuador may soon recognize its independence

The former Georgian republic of Abkhazia hopes Bolivia and Ecuador may soon recognize its independence, the republic's foreign minister said on Friday.

"We expect Bolivia and Ecuador to recognize the independence of Abkhazia soon because there is a positive attitude to our country there," Maxim Gvindzhiya, who is heading the Abkhaz delegation in Latin America, told journalists.

The delegation has visited Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador.

Russia recognized Abkhazia and another breakaway republic, South Ossetia, as independent shortly after a five-day war with Georgia in August 2008 that began when Georgian forces attacked South Ossetia in an attempt to bring it back under central control.

Nicaragua, Venezuela and the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru have also recognized the two former Georgian republics.

CARACAS, April 2 (RIA Novosti) 

 

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