Russian house for Abkhaz, Ossetian independence
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 3:08 am Under World News Alerts 11 views
Russia’s upper house of parliament on Monday (August 25) voted unanimously for a resolution calling on President Dmitry Medvedev to recognise Georgia’s breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.
“Neither Abkhazia — and I will allow myself to speak for South Ossetia too — nor South Ossetia will ever agree to live under Georgian rule and we ask you to cross this barrier which has been so hard to cross and recognise our governments as independent,” breakaway Abakhazian president Sergei Bagapsh told the parliament.
The Federation Council voted 130 for the resolution with none against, according to voting figures flashed up on a screen in the chamber, sources said.
The lower house, or State Duma, was due to approve a similar resolution later in the morning.
“We will look today at the appeals from the peoples of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to recognise the independence of these republics, I think that all these decisions will be accepted,” said Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov.
The non-binding resolutions could either signal Medvedev’s intentions or be intended to strengthen his hand as he negotiates the status of Russian forces in Georgia with the West.
(Agencies)
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